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===Dot Food, LLC===
===Dot Food, LLC===
The applicant [[DotFood, LLC]] launched a pre-registration system to assess and track interest in specific domain names in November, 2012, despite the fact that the string remained in contention. The contention was not listed on their site, and trademark holders with the USPTO were said to be given preference within the non-binding system.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/11/26/otfood-starts-its-own-pre-registration-site-for-food-fooddomainia-com/ otfood Starts Its Own Pre registration for food, The Domains.com]Retrieved 26 Nov 2012</ref>
The applicant [[DotFood, LLC]] launched a pre-registration system to assess and track interest in specific domain names in November, 2012, despite the fact that the string remained in contention. The contention was not listed on their site, and trademark holders with the USPTO were said to be given preference within the non-binding system.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/11/26/otfood-starts-its-own-pre-registration-site-for-food-fooddomainia-com/ otfood Starts Its Own Pre registration for food, The Domains.com]Retrieved 26 Nov 2012</ref>
==Objections==
An official Legal Rights Objection was filed by Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., against both Dot Food LLC and Donuts.<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/cases/ LRO Cases, WIPO.int]</ref> It seems that Scripps Networks is behind the third bid, from Lifestyle Domain Holdings.
A Legal Rights Objection, as defined by the ICANN approved mediator, [[WIPO]], is when, "third parties may file a formal objection to an application on several grounds, including, for trademark owners and Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) [..] When such an objection is filed, an independent panel (comprised of one or three experts) will determine whether the applicant’s potential use of the applied-for gTLD would be likely to infringe [..] the objector’s existing trademark, or IGO name or acronym."<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/lro/ LRO, WIPO.int] Retrieved 25 March 2013</ref>
==Prior Controversy==
==Prior Controversy==