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XenForo Ltd. Survives Another Legal Challenge by Internet Brands

May 16, 2011

Los Angeles, California

Internet Brands Inc., corporate parent of vBulletin Solutions Inc., has abandoned a pending motion for a preliminary injunction in U.S. DIstrict Court in Los Angeles against upstart English software developer XenForo Ltd. due to lack of supporting evidence.  vBulletin withdrew the motion one day before XenForo's counsel was due to question vBulletin's key employees under oath. vBulletin refused to produce its witnesses and had no choice but to withdraw its motion.

Michael K. Grace, of Grace+Grace LLP, intellectual property counsel for XenForo Ltd., stated, “I am pleased that vBulletin's attorneys recognized the lack of merit in vBulletin's motion and withdrew it before XenForo was forced to incur additional costs."  The court previously dismissed all of vBulletin's claims for violation of federal and state anti-hacking laws.

XenForo Ltd. was founded in 2010 by former Jelsoft software developers in Reading, England.  XenForo recently launched a state-of-the-art forum software application that was developed from the ground up for superior performance, flexibility and user experience.  For more information on XenForo, please visit xenforo.com.