GoDaddy Loses Bid to Toss Antitrust Claims Brought by Competitor

Website host GoDaddy.com LLC must face antitrust claims that it discouraged customers from using the software tools of a rival through an unlawful agreement.

Judge Anthony J. Trenga of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a Thursday order denied GoDaddy’s motion to dismiss, saying plaintiff Entri LLC plausibly alleged an unreasonable restraint of trade.

Entri sued GoDaddy, claiming the company violated Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by creating a negative tying agreement that conditioned a customer’s ability to use GoDaddy’s domain registration services on an agreement not to use the competing Entri Connect ...