Donuts has withdrawn its 1st new gTLD of the 307 applications it filed with ICANN.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 Donuts application which is now withdrawn is … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]