After about an hour and a half of oral argument, the Court decided that the most expeditious way to handle the Dotster-eNom WLS case against ICANN was to set it for trial. A tentative trial date was set for Tuesday, December 16, 2003. Judge Walter took the motion for preliminary injunction under advisement. He asked ICANN's counsel whether implementation of WLS was imminent. The answer was that ICANN and Verisign continued to have significant issues separating them in the WLS negotiations. In light of those ongoing discussions, Judge Walter asked ICANN to consider putting off the implementation of WLS until after the December trial date. ICANN is expected to provide a response to that request soon. If ICANN agrees, the preliminary injunction won't be necessary and today's issues will be decided instead at trial in December. If ICANN disagrees, Judge Walter likely will issue his opinion on the preliminary injunction motion in the coming week. I couldn't tell from his questions which way he was leaning. More comments soon.