In one of the new cases, ICANN claims that the Court "ruled in ICANN's favor and denied an application for a Temporary Restraining Order." I suppose. What ICANN didn't say is that the Court simply took the Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order as notice of a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. (It's actually not surprising that emergency relief wasn't granted since ICANN already had pledged not to decide anything this week in Vancouver.) The Court asked for the briefs to be filed on December 5, 2005, and a hearing will be held on February 6, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. Stay tuned.

Here's a copy of the Court's Order. I'd be careful not to read too much into this, either way. I don't think the Court yet has an opinion on the merits, just the timing. Thanks to the reader who sent in a copy of the Order.