VIRTUAL COUNTRIES v. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

No. 00 Civ. 8448(AGS).

148 F.Supp.2d 256 (2001)

VIRTUAL COUNTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, a Foreign State and South African Tourism Board, an Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxim H. Waldbaum, Salans, Hertzfeld, Heilbronn, Christy & Viener, New York City, for plaintiff.

David B. Goldstein, Rabinowitz, Baoudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York City, Terry Gross, Gross & Belsky LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

In this action, plaintiff seeks a declaration, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, that it has the right to the Internet domain name southafrica.com, and an injunction preventing defendants from seeking a declaration of their rights in the name in arbitral or court proceedings worldwide. Currently before the Court is defendants' motion to stay or dismiss the action in its entirety. Because the Court...

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