IN
THE
UNITED
STATESDISTRICT
COURT
FOR
THEEASTERN
DISTRICTOF
VIRGINIA
Alexandria
Division
MICROSOFT
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOHNDOES
1-27,Defendants.
)
))))CivilActionNo.
I:10cv0156(LMB/JFA)
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DISTRICT
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PROPOSED
FINDINGS
OFFACT
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Thismatterisbeforethecourtonplaintiffssecondmotionfordefaultjudgmentpursuant
toFederalRule
of
CivilProcedure55(b)(2).(Docketno.84).Inthisaction,theplaintiff.MicrosoftCorporation('"Microsoft"),seeksadefaultjudgmentorderingthattheregistryfor276domainnamestransfertheregistrationsforthosedomainnamestoaspecifiedregistrarwhowill
thentransfertheregistrationsforthosedomainnamestoMicrosoft.Pursuantto28U.S.C.§
636(b)(1)(C),theundersignedmagistratejudgeisfilingwiththecourthisproposedfindings
of
factandrecommendations,acopyofwhichwillbeprovidedtoallinterestedparties.
Procedural
Background
OnFebruary22,2010,MicrosoftfileditsComplaintagainst27JohnDoeregistrants
of
273domainnamesallegingthatthedefendantshadusedthedomainnamesinconjunctionwith
thecreation
of
amaliciousbotnetknownastheWalcdacBotnct.(Docketno.
1).
Thatsameday,Microsoft
filed
amotiontosealthecase(Docketno.3),anApplicationforanEmergency
Temporary
Restraining
Order
and
Order
to
Show
Cause
rea
PreliminaryInjunction
("Application")(Docketnos.4,5).
The
Application
was
supportedbydeclarations
of
AndreM.Dimino(Docketno.6),Dean
Turner
(Docketno.7),DavidDittrich(Docketno.8),T.J.
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Campana(Docketno.9),andGabrielM.Ramsey(Docketno.10)andbyamemoranduminsupport(Docketno.11).MicrosoftalsofiledaSupplementalApplicationforanEmergency
TemporaryRestrainingOrderandOrdertoShowCauserePreliminaryInjunctiononFebruary
22,2010.(Docketnos.14,15).Thesupplementalapplicationwassupportedbyamemoranduminsupport(Docketno.16)andbyadeclaration
of
T.J.Campana(Docketno.17).
OnFebruary22,2010,theDistrictJudgeheldahearingonMicrosoft'sApplicationand
supplementalapplication(Docketno.19)andenteredanOrdersealingthismatterforthree
businessdays(Docketno.12)aswellasanOrdertemporarilyrestrainingandenjoining
defendantsfromengaginginactivitiesrelatedtotheWaledacBotnet(Docketno.13).The
DistrictJudgeorderedthattheregistry
of
thedomainnamesatissue,VeriSign,Inc.
("VeriSign"),immediatelylockthedomainsattheregistrylevelandholdtheminescrow.
(Docketno.13).TheOrderalsosetahearingontherequestforapreliminaryinjunctionfor
March8,2010at9:00a.m.andrequiredMicrosofttoservethedefendantsbyanymeans
authorizedbylaw,including:(1)personaldeliveryupondefendantswhoprovidedcontact
informationintheUnitedStates;(2)personaldeliverythroughtheHagueConventiononService
AbroadupondefendantswhoprovidedcontactinformationinChina;(3)transmissionbye-mail,facsimileandmailtothecontactinformationdefendantsprovidedtotheirrespectivedomainnameregistrarsandasagreedtobydefendantsintheirdomainnameregistrationagreements;
and(4)publishinganotice
of
theseproceedingsonapubliclyavailableInternetwebsite.
Id.
TheOrdersetabondintheamount
of
$54,600.00,whichMicrosoftdepositedwiththecourtthat
sameday.(Docketno.18).AsecondOrder
of
February22,2010addedfouradditionaldomain
namesthatwerenotnamedinthecomplaintortheinitialapplicationforthetemporary
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restrainingorder.(Docketno.27).PursuanttothatOrder,Microsoftdepositedanadditional
bondintheamount
of
$800.00.(Docketno.28).
OnFebruary
22,2010,
summonseswereissuedastothe27
John
Doedefendants
(Docketnos.
20,21,22).
Plaintifffiledamotionforaprotectiveordersealingdocuments(Docketno.24)andanon-confidentialmemoranduminsupport
of
thatmotion(Docketno.25)onFebruary22,2010.Thatmotionwasgrantedthatsameday.(Docketno.26).
OnMarch5,2010,Microsoftfiledastatusreportregardingitsmotionforpreliminary
injunction.(Docketno.32).Initsstatusreport,Microsoftdescribedtheeffortsithad
undertakentoservethedefendants.
Id.
Italsostatedthatitnolongersoughtapreliminary
injunctionastothedomain"name-services.com"becausetemporaryreliefastothatsitewasnot
longernecessarytoaddresstheinjurycausedbytheWaledacBotnet.
Id.
OnMarch8,2010the
hearingonMicrosoft'sapplicationforapreliminaryinjunctionwasheldbeforetheDistrictJudge(Docketno.33)andonMarch10,2010anOrderwasenteredgrantingMicrosoft'srequest
forapreliminaryinjunctionenjoiningcertainactivities
of
theJohnDoedefendantsandlocking
theregistrationsfor276domainnames(Docketno.38).OnMarch9,2010,MicrosoftfiledaMotionforLimitedAuthoritytoConductDiscoveryNecessarytoIdentifyandServeDoeDefendants(Docketno.34)alongwithamemorandumin
support(Docketno.35)andnoticeditforahearingonMarch19,2010(Docketno.36).Onthe
day
of
thehearing,nodefendantappearedandMicrosoft'smotionwasgrantedbyanOrder
of
March
19,2010.
(Docketno.40).
MicrosoftfileditssecondstatusreportregardingthepreliminaryinjunctiononApril7,2010.(Docketno.41).Thisstatusreportindicatedthatdespitediligentefforts,neitheritnorthe
domainnames'registrarshadreceivedanycommunicationfromany
of
theregistrants.
Id.
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