Invention explains ways to approve entities to register restricted domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 11,552,923 (pdf) to Identity Digital for "Whitelist domain name registry". Some top level domains ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts files patent for system to handle restricted domain names
· UncategorizedApplication describes ways to handle domain registrations that require validation. New top level domain name company Donuts has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a "Whitelist Domain Name Registry" (pdf). The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Richard Tindal leaves Donuts
· UncategorizedExit follows Stahura's role change. Half of new top level domain name company Donuts' founding team is no longer in their original day-to-day roles. The company announced that Richard Tindal, COO and one of four co-founders of the company, has ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Bruce Jaffe replaces Paul Stahura as CEO of Donuts
· ServicesJaffe and Stahura swap places and Donuts hires Chief Revenue Officer. Paul Stahura has exited his role as CEO of new top level domain company Donuts, switching places with Bruce Jaffe, who was previously Executive Chairman of the company's board. ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Inside new top level domain company Donuts
· UncategorizedTwo of Donuts' co-founders discuss the company's results, strategy, and plans for the future. The last time I visited new top level domain company Donuts' office in Bellevue, WA, the company had zero revenue from new TLDs. It was mid-2013, and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts CEO Paul Stahura – DNW Podcast #58
· PodcastsWith close to 200 TLDs, Donuts is trying to bring choice to the domain name market. Paul Stahura is co-founder and CEO of Donuts, the company that runs more top level domain names than any other company…by far. It currently has nearly 200 domain names ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Demand Media releases more details about its gTLD plans and deal with Donuts
· UncategorizedDemand Media applies for 26 TLDs outright and has rights to up to 107 applied for by partner Donuts, Inc. Demand Media announced today that it has applied for 26 top level domains on its own, and also can obtain rights to 107 gTLDs being applied for by ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts raises $100 million, applies for 307 new TLDs
· UncategorizedFlush with cash, new TLD applicant applies for 307 top level domains. Every week I check the SEC filings to see if Paul Stahura's new TLD startup, Donuts, has raised more money. But every time I check there's still just a filing about the $1 million it ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Donuts and Minds + Machines updates on TAS and new TLDs
· UncategorizedInteresting posts from the perspective of new TLD applicants. The new TLD delay continues and ICANN just released the total number of applications received so far (over 2,000). So what does this mean for new TLD applicants? Two of the largest ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Yep, Paul Stahura’s Donuts is All About New Top Level Domain Names
· UncategorizedAnother clue about Donuts' plans. At first I could only make an educated guess that Paul Stahura's new venture, for which he recently raised $1 million, was about new top level domain names. Then I got confirmation that the company was at least a ... Continue Reading2 Comments