Tag Archives: Donuts

Fri 7th June 2013
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Donuts wins .photography auction - Donuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Donuts won the auction for .photography. It was in contention with Top Level Design, a company that applied for ten top level domains. Top Level Design is lead by Ray King, who co-founded drop catching service SnapNames. There’s ... read more ...
Thu 6th June 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
1st Private Auction May Be Complete As Donuts Withdraws Its 1st New gTLD Application: .Vote - Donuts has withdrawn its 1st new gTLD of the 307 applications it filed with ICANN. This certainly could be the result of a private auction which are underway this week. There is only one other applicant for the new gTLD .Vote and that company application, under the name of Monolith Registry LLC was filed by Afilias which operates the .info TLD. Donuts application which is now withdrawn is under the corporate name Double Falls, LLC which had a prioritization number of 663. Now that Donuts application ... read more ...
Tue 28th May 2013
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Demand Media wants to heading name for domain name heading insurance service - New TLD applicant files trademark applications fro DPML. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has filed six trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to its proposed Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). Three of the applications are for the full term “Domain Protected Marks List ” and the other three are for “DPML”. The applications were filed on an intent-to-use basis on May 15. The DPML is a service that would let trademark holders ... read more ...
Fri 17th May 2013
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Donuts offers to attend in private auction for 63 new TLDs - Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through first private auction. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 strings that it applied for in the first auction to be held by Applicant Auction. Private auctions allow new TLD applicants to settle contention sets faster than waiting for ICANN’s “auction of last resort”. They ... read more ...
Fri 10th May 2013
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An reason of Demand Media’s understanding with Donuts - SEC filing sheds (some) light on relationship for new top level domains. A lot of fuss has been made about the connection between Demand Media and Donuts and the new TLD program. What exactly is the relationship between the two companies? Demand Media’s latest 10-Q, filed today, explains the terms of the agreement: As part of its initiative to pursue the acquisition of gTLD operator rights, the Company has entered into a gTLD acquisition agreement (“gTLD Agreement”) ... read more ...
Mon 6th May 2013
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Donuts: Hurry up. Verisign: delayed down. - Many new TLD applicants will take a less-than-ideal contract if it means a faster time to market. When it comes to the new top level domain registry agreement, what you have to gain or lose from new TLDs being introduced will greatly shape your opion. Verisign has submitted two separate comments on the agreement, both of which blast ICANN for dumping the bottom up process and adding a unilateral right to amend the contract. From Verisign’s perspective, a delay in ... read more ...
Mon 15th April 2013
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Final new TLD conflict tally: Donuts 55, Amazon 24, Google 22 - Three of the largest applicants for new TLDs are facing a mountain of objections. Donuts, Amazon, and Google have the dubious honor of having the most objected-to applications for new top level domains. There were 263 formal objections to new top level domains, and that doesn’t include GAC advice. Donuts received 55 objections covering 45 unique objections, which means about one out of seven of its 307 applications are facing an objection. 24 of Donuts’ objections ... read more ...
Fri 22nd March 2013
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Breaking: Donuts Passes ICANN Initial Evaluation For New gTLD’s - Donuts the largest applicant for new gTLD program has passed the Initial Evaluation of ICANN new gTLD program. Donuts applied for 307 new gTLD domain names including the IDN for the string: 商店 This is the first new gTLD application filed by Donuts to be evaluated by ICANN. As part of the initial evaluation, ICANN had to determine if each applicant has meet all the requirements to operate a new gTLD. Donuts application which had a  Prioritization Number of 11 on the IDN for the string: 商店 ... read more ...
Thu 21st March 2013
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Objection! What objections opposite Donuts’ TLDs uncover us about a subsequent proviso of a new TLD game - An early look at new TLD objections shows some questionable claims. The deadline to file objections against new top level domain applications was March 13. Dispute resolution providers are slowly posting the objections, but it looks like what has been posted so far is just the tip of the iceberg. Donuts, the largest TLD applicant with 307 applications, has informed Domain Name Wire that it received around 40 objections. Donuts provided details on a limited number ... read more ...
Fri 4th January 2013
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New TLD startup Donuts one of a tip 15 try collateral deals of 2012 - Company lands on list of top fundings for 2012. After the holiday VentureBeat posted a story with the 15 biggest venture capital funding rounds of 2012. Coming in at #10 is new top level domain startup Donuts with its $100 million raise: Sweetly named startup Donuts has a lofty goal of being a new registry for generic top-level domains that go beyond staples like .com, .net, and .org. Since it will be bidding on new — and most likely expensive — domains, it needs ... read more ...
Mon 5th November 2012
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BusinessWeek Becomes Lastest Publication To Raise Concern Over Donuts & Demand - Donuts, Inc.,  the largest applicant under ICANN’s new gTLD program has just been covered again by a major publication, this time by  BusinessWeek.com in a story entitled: “Donuts’ Grab for Domains Raises Fears of Cybersquatting” “Stoler, the McCarter English lawyer, said in his July letter to Icann that Donuts has clear links to Demand Media and its subsidiaries, which have received more than two dozen “bad- faith” rulings from Icann-recognized dispute panels.” “”Examples ... read more ...
Thu 27th September 2012
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Wall Street Journal names new TLD association Donuts to Top 50 Startups - WSJ ranks Donuts #14 on list of top startups. The Wall Street Journal just released its rankings of the top 50 venture-capital-backed companies, and new top level domain name company Donuts made the cut. It actually did better than just make the cut, landing at #14 on the list. It’s also the youngest company on the list. The company has just eight employees but has raised $100 million. It’s the biggest top level domain applicant by far, throwing its hat (and money) ... read more ...
Wed 1st August 2012
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Demand Media and Donuts respond to lawyer’s accusations about TLD eligibility - Companies respond to allegations about their eligibility to run top level domain names. This morning I (and a handful of other bloggers) received a copy of a letter written by McCarter English partner Jeffrey Stoler calling into question Demand Media’s and Donut’s eligibility for applying for new top level domains. The crux of the issue that Stoler brings up (pdf) is ICANN’s three strikes rule. The rule says that if you’ve been on the losing end of three ... read more ...