ICANN says Donuts can't sue and asks for court to dismiss case. ICANN has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) a lawsuit brought by a Donuts'-owned company over the results of an auction for .Web. Donuts was one of seven applicants for the .web top level ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Donuts asks judge to allow limited discovery
· Policy & LawCompany wants information and documents from Nu Dot Co and Verisign related to .web transaction. New top level domain name company Donuts has asked a judge to let it undertake limited discovery to figure out what happened between Nu Dot Co and Verisign ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts’ application for .Charity lives again
· Policy & LawA couple of years later, Donuts is back in the game for the .charity top level domain. New top level domain name company Donuts is back in the running for the .charity top level domain name after an Independent Review Panel (IRP) found ICANN's board ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google open sources domain registry, Donuts collaborates as pressure on registry providers mounts
· ServicesDonuts makes key contributions to open source registry platform, setting up a possible migration in the future. The shakeup in the backend domain name registry services business continues. Today, Google launched an open source cloud-based registry ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Donuts to offer $10,000 brand protection service
· ServicesDonuts launches DPML on steroids. Top level domain name company Donuts will offer a new DPML Plus service for the last three months of this year. The service, which has a suggested retail price of $9,999, is an enhancement to the company's existing ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.Games and .Shopping hit registrars this week
· UncategorizedRightside and Donuts released new domain names this week. Two new top level domain names launched this week with one entering general availability and the other hitting early access. Rightside's (NASDAQ:NAME) .Games entered general availability with ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts lowering prices for .business and .company domain names
· UncategorizedExpect to pay $10 or less starting October 1. New top level domain name registrar Donuts is continuing to play with pricing. Earlier this year it announced a 50% wholesale price hike for ten domain names, including as .dog, .camera and .plumbing. ... Continue Reading13 Comments
co.LTD sells for $115,000
· Domain SalesDonuts sells two-letter domain name for six figures. New top level domain name company Donuts has sold the domain name co.LTD for $115,000, the company revealed today. .LTD is a corporate identifier top level domain name and is short for "limited". ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Donuts demands $22.5 million for .Web domain name
· Policy & LawCompany amends lawsuit against ICANN and demands "its share" of the proceeds. New top level domain company Donuts is continuing its battle with ICANN over .web, filing an amended complaint (pdf) in federal district court in California. Donuts is ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Court denies Donuts’ request to delay .web auction
· Policy & LawJudge faults Donuts on procedural grounds and the merits, so auction will go ahead today as planned. An auction to resolve the .web top level domain name contention set will go forward today as originally planned. United States District Judge Percy ... Continue Reading6 Comments