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In the ongoing lawsuit that Manwin filed against ICM Registry and ICANN over the .XXX TLD, the parties [yesterday] entered into a joint stipulation that allows Manwin to file an amended complaint by January 17th and gives ICM 60 days to file a response to the complaint.

You may remember that ICM filed motions to dismiss the case filed by Manwin, the operator of adult sites such as YouPorn.com in January and the Court scheduled a hearing on the motions for April 2, 2012.

Included in the documents filed in the court is a stipulation that the hearing will be taken off the court’s calendar for now.

Moreover the stipulation indicates that the parties are in settlement talks which could end the matter, or some of the issues in the case:

“In addition, in recent days, Plaintiffs and ICM have engaged in discussions aimed at resolving the disputes that are the subject of this litigation.”

“The parties believe that additional time would potentially allow the parties to resolve all or some portion of their dispute”

“The Parties hereby stipulate that Defendants shall have 60 days from the filing of the amended Complaint to file an answer, motion or other response thereto.”

“By continuing the response date for the amended Complaint for 60 days, the parties will be able to focus their energies on these efforts, and avoid unnecessarily expending the parties’ and the Court’s resources.”