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'''Marksmen, Inc.''' (commonly called Marksmen) is a global firm that provides services including [[intellectual property]] acquisition, consulting and investigation. Its headquarters are in Glendale, CA with offices in Carrboro, NC; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA and London, England.<ref>[http://www.marksmen.com/contact/ Contact Information]</ref>The company specializes in intellectual property purchases/sales, brand protection, online/in-person investigation, product/service intelligence and solving complex intellectual property issues for companies the world over, under strict confidentiality.

'''Marksmen, Inc.''' Founded in 1998, Marksmen (www.marksmen.com) is a world leader in intellectual property protection services, including trademark clearance and enforcement investigations, determining business method patents and processes, establishing and locating prior art, due diligence, worldwide on-ground investigations, litigation support and Internet related infringements. Additionally, Marksmen negotiates for the purchase or sale of IP rights internationally and monitors the Internet for both Web content and domain name registrations. Marksmen has completed over 94,000 IP investigations and acquisitions, including some of the best known trademarks and domain names on the planet and regularly handles multi-million dollar transactions

 

The company was founded in a one-bedroom apartment in Pasadena by [[Ken Taylor]], Jason Tirado and Mark Doerr in 1998<ref>[http://www.roughnotes.com/rnmagazine/2005/may05/05p124.htm RoughNotes.com]</ref>  and has since  grown to 4 US offices, offices in London and Hong Kong, and a network that spans the globe, completing more than 70,000 investigations and over 14,000 acquisitions.  Marksmen’s clients range from Fortune 75 companies to farming collectives and are located across the globe.<ref>[ttp://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110621.htm DNJournal]</ref>

==History==

==History==

===Investigations===

===Investigations===

Marksmen employs licensed private investigators & affiliates worldwide for trademark investigations (first use, scope of use, infringement, abandonment, goods/services offered, etc.), litigation support, test purchases and on-site inspections; patent investigations (business methods/processes, product samples/ literature, locating inventors/experts/ex-employees, etc.); provides enforcement support (counterfeiting, gray market goods and back channel sales).  Marksmen’s Investigations group was named as one of Twitter’s ‘Top 100 Investigators On Twitter’ for 2014.<ref>[http://www.pinow.com/articles/2024/top-100-investigators-on-twitter-2014 Twitter Top 100 Investigations]</ref>

Marksmen employs licensed private investigators & affiliates worldwide for trademark investigations (first use, scope of use, infringement, abandonment, goods/services offered, etc.), litigation support, test purchases and on-site inspections; patent investigations (business methods/processes, product samples/ literature, locating inventors/experts/ex-employees, etc.); provides enforcement support (counterfeiting, gray market goods and back channel sales).  Marksmen’s Investigations group was named as one of Twitter’s ‘Top 100 Investigators On Twitter’ for 2014.<ref>[http://www.pinow.com/articles/2024/top-100-investigators-on-twitter-2014 Twitter Top 100 Investigations]</ref>

===Acquisition/Sales===

===IP Acquisitions===

Marksmen’s analysts negotiate the anonymous purchase/recovery of intellectual property rights (copyrights, [[domain names]], trademarks, apps, images, logos, patents, social media, taglines, vanity phone numbers, etc.), broker select premium domains, offer payment/transfer support for asset recovery and provide domain name valuations.  Although most transactions are confidential, Marksmen is known to have completed some of the top transactions in the industry.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2015/07/24/publicly-traded-co-that-owns-apartment-comapartments-com-buys-land-com/ Land.com Sale]</ref>

Marksmen’s analysts negotiate the anonymous purchase/recovery of intellectual property rights (copyrights, [[domain names]], trademarks, apps, images, logos, patents, social media, taglines, vanity phone numbers, etc.), and offer payment/transfer support for asset recovery.  Marksmen is known to have completed some of the top transactions in the industry.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2015/07/24/publicly-traded-co-that-owns-apartment-comapartments-com-buys-land-com/ Land.com Sale]</ref>

 

 

===Name Quiver===

===Discreet Purchases===

Marksmen’s domain name brokering service, Name Quiver leverages connections in both the corporate and domaining worlds to privately broker premium domain names or domain portfolios.  Marksmen partnered w/ Moniker auctions to complete the top domain transaction of 2011 selling Social.com for $2,600,000.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/22/social-com-reportedly-sold-for-2-6-million-whos-the-buyer/ Social.com sale]</ref>

Marksmen has trained investigators who can pose as everyday customers and make test purchases anywhere in the world, in person or online without arousing suspicion to collect needed intelligence on counterfeit goods or targeted products and services, quickly and discreetly.  In addition to gathering physical or experiential evidence, Marksmen provides a written report with all the salient details, including: (1) a fully-documented buying experience, (2) photographs, screenshots and commentary, (3) purchase records and associated evidence, (4) products shipped anywhere in the world, (5) optional affidavits and declarations.

==Corporate Structure==

===Research===

===Board of Directors===

Marksmen Research analysts use specialized search aggregation systems and direct search algorithms and proprietary methods to locate electronic content of any type.  Marksmen Research reports can be easily customized to fit the target needs of any client. The following are a few of the many ways our research reports are used by Marksmen clients: industry analysis, general clearance, market research, quantification of issues, anti-counterfeiting, monitoring unauthorized use, locate leaked information, preemptive issue identification, and competitive analysis.

*Jeff Crapo, Chairman and CEO

*[[Ken Taylor]], Founder and former CEO, continues to support the company and heads business development of MCL Domains, a new corporate domain management venture with Com Laude. Mr. Taylor has published articles on IP investigations, is a frequent speaker and is a member and has served on various committees of the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] of [[ICANN]], Computer Law Association, Intellectual Property Owners Association, International Trademark Association, Marques, International Anti-Counterfeiting Association, Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association and the California Association of Licensed Investigators (he’s licensed both in California and North Carolina).

As of January 1,2016, the management team includes:

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*Rudy Gaines:Chair, [[ICANN]] Leadership Development Committee<br />

:::::&nbsp;Chair, [[INTA]] Public and Media Relations Committee

::::&nbsp;&nbsp;Member, [[INTA]] Internet Committee (former, twice)

===Business Memberships===

===Business Memberships===

*International Trademark Association (INTA)

*International Trademark Association (INTA)

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