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'''Citizen Hawk''' is an online brand management solutions provider that helps companies protect their brands online by targeting [[Cybersquatting|cybersquatters]]. Citizen Hawk continually monitors the web to expose the [[Typosquatting|typosquatters]] and cyberscammers affecting their clients' business. They shutdown and recover these fraudulent domains for their clients.<ref>[http://www.citizenhawk.com/brand-protection/AboutUs.aspx About CitizenHawk]</ref>

'''Citizen Hawk''' is an online brand management solutions provider that helps companies protect their brands online by targeting [[Cybersquatting|cybersquatters]]. Citizen Hawk continually monitors the web to expose the [[Typosquatting|typosquatters]] and cyberscammers affecting their clients' business. They shutdown and recover these fraudulent domains for their clients.<ref>[http://www.citizenhawk.com/brand-protection/AboutUs.aspx About CitizenHawk]</ref>

The process of identifying cybersquatters and filing with the [[UDRP]] are completely automated at Citizen Hawk. This generic filing of UDRP has created some problems for the company in the past. There have been cases of carelessness and errors in the filings which have negatively affected their clients.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/22/arbitrator-blasts-citizenhawk-for-boilerplate-udrp-filing/ domainnamewire.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk domainnamestrategy.com]</ref>

The process of identifying cybersquatters and filing with the [[UDRP]] seem to be largely automated, which is meant to increase efficiency but has also reportedly resulted in problems and unsuccessful UDRP cases in the past.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/22/arbitrator-blasts-citizenhawk-for-boilerplate-udrp-filing/ domainnamewire.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk domainnamestrategy.com]</ref>

==History==

===History===

Citizen Hawk was founded in 2006 by [[Graham MacRobie]] and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.<ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk DomainNameStrategy.com]</ref>

Citizen Hawk was founded in 2006 by [[Graham MacRobie]] and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.<ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk DomainNameStrategy.com]</ref>

In 2008, Citizen Hawk received a funding of $3Million from [[Maveron]] LLC.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/citizenhawk-raises-3-million-to-target-cybersquatters/ techcrunch.com]</ref>

In 2008, Citizen Hawk received a funding of $3Million from [[Maveron]] LLC.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/citizenhawk-raises-3-million-to-target-cybersquatters/ techcrunch.com]</ref>

 

===Business Model===

==Board of Directors==

 

==Business Model==

Citizen Hawk has an innovative business model. It files a complaint against [[Cybersquatting|cybersquatter]]s with [[ICANN]] on behalf of its clients, and pays the complaint filing fees up front. After the domain is recovered, it charges a commission on the ad revenue of these domains.<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2008-05-30-citizen-hawks-anti-cybersquatting-strategy vator.tv]</ref>  

Citizen Hawk has an innovative business model. It files a complaint against [[Cybersquatting|cybersquatter]]s with [[ICANN]] on behalf of its clients, and pays the complaint filing fees up front. After the domain is recovered, it charges a commission on the ad revenue of these domains.<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2008-05-30-citizen-hawks-anti-cybersquatting-strategy vator.tv]</ref>  

Citizen Hawk is a part of the LinkShare affiliate network<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/idUS117999+21-Jan-2009+BW20090121 reuters.com]</ref> and an affiliate of Hydra.<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2009/10/07/Hydra_Announces_the_Addition_of_CitizenHawk_to_its_Network/ article.wn.com]</ref>

Citizen Hawk is a part of the LinkShare affiliate network<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/idUS117999+21-Jan-2009+BW20090121 reuters.com]</ref> and an affiliate of Hydra.<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2009/10/07/Hydra_Announces_the_Addition_of_CitizenHawk_to_its_Network/ article.wn.com]</ref>

==Services==

===Services===

* Corporate Domain Management

* Corporate Domain Management

* Online Brand Monitoring

* Online Brand Monitoring

* Global Domain Recovery

* Global Domain Recovery

== References ==

== References ==