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accession: "0001014473-23-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRSN"
cik: "0001014473"
company_name: "VERISIGN INC/CA"
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:02:15.845881+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# VeriSign reports Altanovo files new ICANN challenge to delay .web launch

## Summary
- Altanovo (formerly Afilias) filed a second ICANN CEP on May 3, 2023, after losing the .web auction in 2016 and subsequent appeals.
- ICANN Board on April 30 cleared .web delegation, finding Nu Dotco did not violate rules; Altanovo's new CEP puts process on hold.
- VeriSign blog states the CEP is baseless, noting prior frivolous filings resulted in millions in legal fees and years of delay.
- Altanovo lost the IRP, reconsideration request (sanctioned as frivolous), and Board vote; VeriSign calls the maneuver an abuse of process.
- Continued delay threatens Nu Dotco's rights and VeriSign's .web business; ICANN's multistakeholder process is being exploited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001014473-23-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRSN
- cik: 0001014473
- company_name: VERISIGN INC/CA
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000023/0001014473-23-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1014473/000101447323000023/vrsn-20230516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001014473-23-000023.txt

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