A Bloomberg Law article reproduced with permission.
By Katie Arcieri
- Entri sued with claims GoDaddy blocked clients from its tools
- Both parties agreed to dismiss their claims in federal court
A Virginia-based company that helps small businesses set up domain name settings has dropped its antitrust case against website host GoDaddy.com LLC.
Entri LLC and GoDaddy jointly agreed to dismiss the claims and any counterclaims with prejudice, according to a Monday filing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Each party will bear its own costs and fees.
It’s not unusual for companies to dismiss claims against each other months after launching a suit, and voluntarily dismissal typically means some out-of-court settlement has been reached.
Entri declined to comment. GoDaddy didn’t immediately respond to inquiries for comment.
The case advanced last year when a federal judge denied GoDaddy’s motion to dismiss, ruling that Entri plausibly alleged an unreasonable restraint of trade.
Entri, a competitor of GoDaddy, alleged the company threatened its existing customers while blocking access to new customers seeking to use Entri’s application programming interface connectivity.
GoDaddy, the largest domain registrar in the world, filed counterclaims against Entri late last year, alleging that Entri unfairly used the GoDaddy logo and other branding to represent to its GoDaddy registrants that its services were supported by GoDaddy.
Entri is represented by firms including McGuireWoods LLP. GoDaddy.com LLC is represented by Hueston Hennigan LLP.
The case is Entri LLC v. GoDaddy.com LLC , E.D. Va., No. 1:24-cv-00569, 2/24/25 .
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