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~~'''~~MarkMonitor~~'''~~ is ~~an internet-based company that provides enterprise brand protection solutions~~ and services. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered ~~at San Francisco~~, ~~California~~, with ~~regional~~ offices ~~and operations centers~~ in London, ~~Boise~~, ~~New York~~, and ~~Washington, D.C~~. <ref>[~~http~~://~~www.linkedin~~.com/~~companies/markmonitor LinkedIn~~]</ref>

MarkMonitor is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of DNS and related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.<ref>MarkMonitor [https://markmonitor.com/ Website]</ref> MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, Clarivate Analytics, a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds other scientific research and intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.<ref>Clarivate Analytics [https://clarivate.com/ Website]</ref>

As of ~~July~~, ~~2012~~, MarkMonitor ~~has~~ over ~~700~~,000 domain names under its management.<ref>[~~http~~://~~domainincite~~.com/9838-thomson-reuters-buys-markmonitor Thomson Reuters buys MarkMonitor, domainincite.com]</ref> It safeguards the brands of companies like Facebook<ref> [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Facebook-Targeted-in-Spam-Scam-603252/ ~~E Week]<~~/~~ref> and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:MarkMonitor Wikimedia Foundation~~]</ref> MarkMonitor ~~also has strategic alliances with [[Microsoft]],~~ [[~~Yahoo~~|~~Yahoo!~~]], [[~~AOL|America Online Inc.]], [[Kroll]], [[The Steele Foundation]], [[Earthlink~~]], [[~~LexisNexis~~]], and the [[~~Anti-Phishing Working Group~~]].~~<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3786391 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>~~

As of January, 2020, MarkMonitor had over 935,000 domain names under its management.<ref>DomainName [https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/registrar/others Stats]</ref> MarkMonitor is an active participant in [[ICANN|ICANN's]] multistakeholder policy development process having representatives in the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] and the [[Business Constituency]].

==History==

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*2017- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by [https://domainnamewire.com/2016/10/04/markmonitor-now-part-clarivate-analytics Clarivate Analytics]

*2019 - MarkMonitor sells its brand protection business to OpSec Security.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opsec-security-agrees-to-acquire-the-markmonitor-brand-protection-business-from-clarivate-analytics-300951615.html PR Newswire, Nov. 2019]</ref>

==Product And Services==

*Domain Management~~: Domain Management establishes brands online~~ including ~~safety~~ and ~~security services with domain managements services~~

*Corporate Domain Registration and Management Services including portfolio management and optimization, registry locking, advance security protocols, DNS, gTLD blocking, anonymous acquisition services, and UDRP prosecution. {{reflist}}

*MarkMonitor Brand Protection™ : Offers to eliminate fraudulent use of companies brands online to safeguard brand equity, ~~web traffic~~, ~~marketing investments~~, ~~and revenue from paid search scams~~, ~~unauthorized channels~~, ~~counterfeit, pirated and grey market sales, false association, cybersquatting, and other online threats.~~

*AntiFraud Solutions: offers to protect enterprises and their customers from phishing and malware attacks as it predicts detects, ~~blocks, monitors and shuts down phishing~~ and ~~malware sites~~.

~~==References==~~

== External Links ==

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-'''MarkMonitor''' is an internet-based company that provides enterprise brand protection solutions and services.  It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered at San Francisco, California, with regional offices and operations centers in London, Boise, New York, and Washington, D.C. <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/markmonitor LinkedIn]</ref>
+MarkMonitor is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of DNS and related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names.  The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.<ref>MarkMonitor [https://markmonitor.com/ Website]</ref>  MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, Clarivate Analytics, a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds other scientific research and intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.<ref>Clarivate Analytics [https://clarivate.com/ Website]</ref>
-As of July, 2012, MarkMonitor has over 700,000 domain names under its management.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9838-thomson-reuters-buys-markmonitor Thomson Reuters buys MarkMonitor, domainincite.com]</ref> It safeguards the brands of companies like Facebook<ref> [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Facebook-Targeted-in-Spam-Scam-603252/ E Week]</ref> and the [[Wikimedia Foundation]].<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:MarkMonitor Wikimedia Foundation]</ref> MarkMonitor also has strategic alliances with [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo|Yahoo!]], [[AOL|America Online Inc.]], [[Kroll]], [[The Steele Foundation]], [[Earthlink]], [[LexisNexis]], and the [[Anti-Phishing Working Group]].<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3786391 Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>
+As of January, 2020, MarkMonitor had over 935,000 domain names under its management.<ref>DomainName [https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/registrar/others Stats]</ref> MarkMonitor is an active participant in [[ICANN|ICANN's]] multistakeholder policy development process having representatives in the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] and the [[Business Constituency]].
 ==History==
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 *2017- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by [https://domainnamewire.com/2016/10/04/markmonitor-now-part-clarivate-analytics Clarivate Analytics]
+*2019 - MarkMonitor sells its brand protection business to OpSec Security.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opsec-security-agrees-to-acquire-the-markmonitor-brand-protection-business-from-clarivate-analytics-300951615.html PR Newswire, Nov. 2019]</ref>
 ==Product And Services==
-*Domain Management: Domain Management establishes brands online including safety and security services with domain managements services
+*Corporate Domain Registration and Management Services including portfolio management and optimization, registry locking, advance security protocols, DNS, gTLD blocking, anonymous acquisition services, and UDRP prosecution. {{reflist}}
-*MarkMonitor Brand Protection™ : Offers to eliminate fraudulent use of companies brands online to safeguard brand equity, web traffic, marketing investments, and revenue from paid search scams, unauthorized channels, counterfeit, pirated and grey market sales, false association, cybersquatting, and other online threats.
-*AntiFraud Solutions: offers to protect enterprises and their customers from phishing and malware attacks as it predicts detects, blocks, monitors and shuts down phishing and malware sites.
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 == External Links ==