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The '''Trademark Clearinghouse''' ('''TMC''' or '''TMCH''') is a database of trademarks, established by [[ICANN]] in order to enhance the protection of [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] on the Internet. The main role of TMCH is to serve as a central repository for the information related to the rights of trademark owners to be stored, authenticated and distributed. When a customer attempts to register a new domain and the domain matches up with a trademark existing in the TMCH, the customer will receive a warning that the creation of the domain may be considered [[cybersquatting]]. Use of the TMCH is required for all new [[gTLD]] [[Registry|registries]].