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{{CompanyInfo|
| logo             = MarkMonitorLogo.JPG
| logo           = 120-px mm logo rgb logo small.jpg
| type             = Privately Held
| type           = Publicly traded under Clarivate Analytics (NYSE:CCC)
| industry         = Internet, Brand protection
| industry       = Internet, Corporate Domain Registration
| founded           = San Francisco, CA (1998)
| founded         = San Francisco, CA, 1998
| founder          = [[Faisal Shah]]
| founders        = Faisal Shah
| headquarters= 303 Second Street, Suite 800N<br/>San Francisco, CA 94107
| ownership      = Clarivate Analytics
| keypeople         =  
| headquarters   = 3540 E Longwing Ln #300<br/>Meridian, Idaho 83642
[[Faisal Shah]] (Chairman)<br/>
| country         = USA
[[Irfan Salim]] (CEO)<br/>
| businesses      = domain portfolio management, acquisition services, enhanced security
[[Chris Bounds]] (COO)<br/>
| products       = Corporate domain registration and related services
[[Ted Sergott]] (SVP of Eng)<br/>
| employees       = 115 (2020)
[[Kurt Wedel]] (SVP of Sales and Bus Dev)
| revenue         = $67.0M (2018)
| products         = Domain Management, Online Trademark Protection, Online Channel Protection, AntiPhishing Solutions
| website         = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]
| employees         = 180 (2008)
| blog            = https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/domain-management/
| revenue           = $30.0M (2008)
| facebook        = https://www.facebook.com/MarkMonitor/
| website           = http://MarkMonitor.com
| linkedin        = https://www.linkedin.com/company/markmonitor/
| twitter        = MarkMonitor
| keypeople      = [[Statton Hammock]], V.P., Head of IP Strategy, Gov't & Industry Relations
}}
}}


'''MarkMonitor''' is an Internet based company to provide 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, and New York; and Washington, District of Columbia <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/markmonitor LinkedIn]</ref>
'''MarkMonitor''' is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of domain related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names and global brands. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.<ref>MarkMonitor [https://markmonitor.com/ Website]</ref> MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, [https://clarivate.com/ ''Clarivate Analytics,''] a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds scientific research data and other intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, TechStreet, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.<ref>Clarivate Analytics [https://clarivate.com/ Website]</ref>  
 
 
As of November 2010, MarkMonitor has  over 509,000 Domain Name under its management and safeguard the brands of companies like [[Facebook]] <ref> [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Facebook-Targeted-in-Spam-Scam-603252/ E Week] </ref>  and [[Wikimedia Foundation]]<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:MarkMonitor Wikimedia Foundation] </ref>
MarkMonitor has strategic alliances with [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo!]], [[America Online]], Inc., [[Kroll]], [[The Steele Foundation]], [[Earthlink]], [[LexisNexis]], and [[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]] multi-stakeholder policy development process having representatives in the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] and the [[Business Constituency]].
==History==
==History==


In 1998, Faisal Shah founded MarkMonitor in San Francisco, CA . <ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3786492&privcapId=3786391&previousCapId=422760&previousTitle=The%20Nielsen%20Company%20B.V. Bloomsberg Business Week] </ref> In 2000, MarkMonitor became an [[ICANN]] accredited domain registrar. <ref> [http://www.americanexecutive.com/archived-spotlights-industry/it/7401-markmonitor-keeping-watch American Executive] </ref>
*1998- [[Faisal Shah]] founded MarkMonitor in San Francisco, CA .<ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3786492&privcapId=3786391&previousCapId=422760&previousTitle=The%20Nielsen%20Company%20B.V. Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>  
 
In 2001, MarkmMnitor announced strategic alliance with [[Lexis-Nexis]], a research solution provider company.<ref> [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lexis-Nexis+Announces+Strategic+Alliance+with+Markmonitor.-a074210943 The Free Library] </ref>
 
MarkMonitor formed strategic alliance with [[Eversheds]], an UK based law firm, in February, 2002. <ref> [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr02/news1.htm Information Today] </ref>
 
In October 2003, MarkMonitor annouced its merging with [[Alldomains.com]],  a domain registration and management providing company from California. <ref> [http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/mar102203 The Web Host Industry Review] </ref> 
 
MarkMonitor announced  participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC in October 2004. The other participants included USA's largest financial institutions like Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank etc. <ref> [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-817373/MarkMonitor-Joins-Major-Financial-Institutions.html GOLIATH] </ref> 
 
In 2005, MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. <ref> [http://news.softpedia.com/news/AOL-Is-Starting-the-Anti-Phishing-Offensive-9957.shtml Softpedia] </ref>
 
In December, 2005, MarkmMnitor annouced to work with [[Open Technology Solutions]] (OTS) to provide anti-phishing and fraud protection services. <ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139428801.html HighBeam.com] </ref>
 
In 2006, MarkMonitor and Sports Marketing Surveys formed alliance to protect brands online.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/intellectual-property-law-trademark/8430914-1.html All Business.com ] </ref>
 
In October 2010, MarkMonitor acquired [[DtecNet Software]], a global anti-piracy company for an undisclosed amount of money. <ref> [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/18/markmonitor-dtecnet/ Tech Crunch] </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


*2000- MarkMonitor became an [[ICANN]] accredited domain registrar. <ref> [http://www.americanexecutive.com/archived-spotlights-industry/it/7401-markmonitor-keeping-watch American Executive] </ref>


They establish and secure companies' brands <ref>[http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/esearch/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0becfe37b2a5c3fd33]"Nielsen's Whiting Joins MarkMonitor Board" ''Brand Week''. Retrieved September 22, 2010</ref>. MarkMonitor’s access to data combined with real-time prevention, detection and response, enables a more security for their companies and the customers of those companies.<ref>[http://www.markmonitor.com/company/overview.php] "The Global Leader in Enterprise Brand Protection" ''Corporate Overview''. Retrieved September 22, 2010.</ref> MarkMonitor was the 43rd largest domain name registrar in terms of number of registered domains in 2007.<ref>[http://www.domaintools.com/internet-statistics/registrar-stats-2007.html] "Summary of 2007" ''Domain Tools''. Retrieved September 22, 2010.</ref>
*2001- MarkMonitor announced strategic alliance with [[Lexis-Nexis]], a research solution provider company.<ref> [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lexis-Nexis+Announces+Strategic+Alliance+with+Markmonitor.-a074210943 The Free Library] </ref>  


== Domain Management ==
*2002- MarkMonitor also formed a strategic alliance with [[Eversheds]], an UK based law firm. <ref> [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr02/news1.htm Information Today] </ref>
Domain Management establishes brands online.  


'''Domain Management Highlights:'''
*2003- MarkMonitor announced a merger with [[Alldomains.com]],  a domain registration and management providing company from California. <ref> [http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/mar102203 The Web Host Industry Review] </ref> 


* Ensures domains are safe. Includes security measures at the registrar level—and, security services to lock domains down to the registry level
*2004- MarkMonitor announced  participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC. The other participants included America's largest financial institutions, like: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank, and others. <ref> [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-817373/MarkMonitor-Joins-Major-Financial-Institutions.html GOLIATH] </ref> 
* Establishes domain management.
* Provides domain status.
* Secures using the MarkMonitor Trademark Lookup.
* Enables domain recovery when M&A, product launches, and other events occur.
* Prevents illicit domain abuse tactics—such as cybersquatting — by using defensive domain registration to block others from exploiting domain names associated with a brand.
== MarkMonitor Brand Protection™ ==
MarkMonitor Brand Protection helps to eliminate fraudulent use of companies brands online. They have access to online data sources and monitor Internet channels 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.


*2005- MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. <ref> [http://news.softpedia.com/news/AOL-Is-Starting-the-Anti-Phishing-Offensive-9957.shtml Softpedia] </ref>


'''MarkMonitor Brand Protection™ Highlights:'''
*2005- It was announced that MarkMonitor, with [[Cyota]] Inc. and [[Internet Identity]] , would regularly provide information on confirmed phishing websites as part of efforts to help enhance the protection offered by Microsoft. <ref> [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/nov05/11-17EnhancesPhishingProtectionPR.mspx Microsoft.com] </ref>


* Safeguards marketing investments by preventing pay-per-click scams, SEO manipulation and cybersquatting from diverting web traffic to unaffiliated sites or to illicit sites which associate brands with undesirable content.
*2005- MarkMonitor annouced to work with [[Open Technology Solutions]] (OTS) to provide anti-phishing and fraud protection services.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139428801.html HighBeam.com] </ref>
* Detects abuses by monitoring online data sources—auctions, B2B/B2C exchanges, eCommerce sites, paid search, social media, message boards, and email.
* Protects revenues and profits by shutting—down sites selling grey market, pirated or counterfeit goods and reducing false warranty and customer service claims.
* Helps to prevent brand reputation erosion by defending against false association on websites and social media sites
* Pinpoints and prioritizes abuse through analytics and detection technology—scoring algorithms and matching copyrighted images.
* Enables brand protection impact by identifying high-priority brand abuse, automating enforcement measures and simplifying enterprise-wide collaboration.
* Warns customers away from infringing sites, until enforcement measures take full effect, through the MarkMonitor Trusted Brand Broadcast System™.
* Delivers results by using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model and Managed Services.


== AntiFraud Solutions ==
*2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million venture capital investment led by Cargill Ventures. <ref> [http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2006/0004359554&EDATE= PR Newswire] </ref>
MarkMonitor’s AntiFraud Solutions protects enterprises and their customers from phishing and malware attacks. It predicts detects, blocks, monitors and shuts down phishing and malware sites.


'''AntiFraud Solutions Highlights:'''
*2006- MarkMonitor and Sports Marketing Surveys formed an alliance to protect the 2006 World Cup and Olympic Winter Games Brands online.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=176699 PR Newswire] </ref>


* Provides preventive and reactive defense against phishing and malware attacks.
*2008- MarkMonitor signed a deal with TUV Rheinland Group's Brand Risk Management service (BRM) to offer the customers brand protection solution.<ref>[http://in.biz.yahoo.com/081105/138/6yz4x.html Yahoo Finance!]</ref> U.S. Central Credit Union and its 26 member corporate credit unions deployed anti-phishing solutions from MarkMonitor in February 2008. <ref>[http://www.scmagazineus.com/us-central-credit-union-deploys-markmonitor/article/105091/ SC Magazine] </ref>
* Prevents attacks with an Early Warning System® and tools for uncovering frauds
* Detects attacks by monitoring and analyzing intelligence sources, including spam feeds from the top ISPs, honeypots, and desktop sensors, plus antivirus vendor partners and other industry feeds.
* Mitigates loss and brand risk with early detection and response by sharing malware and phishing alerts via the broadest fraudcasting network of ISP’s, browsers, email providers and security vendor partners
* Achieves shutdowns quickly.
* Halts complex rock phish and fast flux DNS attacks by shutting them down at the root level.
* Identifies targeted malware then shuts the sites down.
* Web portal with real-time monitoring, reports on industry-wide fraud activity, and trend reports.


== Management Team ==
*2009- MarkMonitor announced AntiFraud Solutions, a patented technology that would enable brand owners to prevent, detect and respond to phishing and malware attacks. <ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/crime-law-enforcement-corrections/criminal-offenses/11821788-1.html All Business.com] </ref>
* [[Irfan Salim]] - President and Chief Executive Officer
* [[Charlie Abrahams]] - Vice President and General Manager, EMEA
* [[David Batista]] - Senior Vice President, Sales
* [[Paul Dagum]] - Chief Technology Officer
* [[Frederick Felman]] - Chief Marketing Officer
* [[Tom Ryden]] - Senior Vice President, Finance
* [[Trina Schnapp]] - Vice President, Human Resources
* [[Ihab Shraim]] - Chief Security Officer and VP, Network and System Engineering
* [[David Silver]] - Vice President, Business Development


== Board of Directors ==
*2010- MarkMonitor acquired [[DtecNet Software]], a global anti-piracy company for an undisclosed amount of money. <ref> [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/18/markmonitor-dtecnet/ Tech Crunch] </ref>
* [[Dave Barrett]] - General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
* [[Stephen J. Harrick]] - General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP)
* [[Irfan Salim]] - President and Chief Executive Officer, MarkMonitor
* [[Jim Sayre]] - President, Cargill Ventures
* [[Warren Weiss]] - General Partner, Foundation Capital
* [[Susan D. Whiting]] - Vice Chair, The Nielsen Company
* [[Steven P. Bird]] (observer) - General Partner, Focus Ventures


== Partners ==
*2012- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by Thomson Reuters, as part of the company's new Intellectual Property & Science business unit.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9838-thomson-reuters-buys-markmonitor Thomson Reuters buys MarkMonitor, domainincite.com]</ref>
* [http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx/ Microsoft]
* [http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo!]
* [http://www.aol.com/ America Online (AOL)]
* [http://www.kroll.com/ Kroll], [http://www.dtecnet.com/ DtecNet]
* [http://www.steelefoundation.com/ The Steele Foundation]
* [http://www.earthlink.net/ Earthlink]
* [http://www.lexisnexis.com/ LexisNexis]
* [http://www.antiphishing.org/ Anti-Phishing Working Group].


== Associates ==
*2017- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by [https://domainnamewire.com/2016/10/04/markmonitor-now-part-clarivate-analytics Clarivate Analytics]
* [http://www.apparelandfootwear.org/ American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)]
*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>
* [http://www.a-cg.org/ Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG)]
* [http://www.antiphishing.org/ Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)]
* [http://www.bai.org/ Bank Administration Institute (BAI)]
* [http://www.ipo.org/ Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)]
* [http://www.iacc.org/ International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)]
* [http://www.icann.org/ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)]
* [http://www.inta.org/ International Trademark Association (INTA)]
* [https://otalliance.org/ Online Trust Alliance (OTA)]
* [http://www.shop.org/ Shop.org]


==References==
==Product And Services==
{{reflist}}
*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}}


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://markmonitor.com/index.php/ MarkMonitor Corporate Website]
* [http://markmonitor.com/index.php/ MarkMonitor Corporate Website]


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[[Category:Corporate Brand Protection]]

Latest revision as of 18:59, 6 August 2024

Type: Publicly traded under Clarivate Analytics (NYSE:CCC)
Industry: Internet, Corporate Domain Registration
Founded: San Francisco, CA, 1998
Founder(s): Faisal Shah
Ownership: Clarivate Analytics
Headquarters: 3540 E Longwing Ln #300
Meridian, Idaho 83642
Country: USA
Businesses: domain portfolio management, acquisition services, enhanced security
Products: Corporate domain registration and related services
Employees: 115 (2020)
Revenue: $67.0M (2018)
Website: MarkMonitor.com
Blog: https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/domain-management/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkMonitor/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/markmonitor/
Twitter: @MarkMonitor
Key People
Statton Hammock, V.P., Head of IP Strategy, Gov't & Industry Relations

MarkMonitor is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of domain related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names and global brands. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.[1] MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, Clarivate Analytics, a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds scientific research data and other intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, TechStreet, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.[2]

As of January, 2020, MarkMonitor had over 935,000 domain names under its management.[3] MarkMonitor is an active participant in ICANN's multi-stakeholder policy development process having representatives in the Registrar Stakeholder Group, the Intellectual Property Constituency and the Business Constituency.

History[edit | edit source]

  • 2000- MarkMonitor became an ICANN accredited domain registrar. [5]
  • 2001- MarkMonitor announced strategic alliance with Lexis-Nexis, a research solution provider company.[6]
  • 2002- MarkMonitor also formed a strategic alliance with Eversheds, an UK based law firm. [7]
  • 2003- MarkMonitor announced a merger with Alldomains.com, a domain registration and management providing company from California. [8]
  • 2004- MarkMonitor announced participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC. The other participants included America's largest financial institutions, like: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank, and others. [9]
  • 2005- MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. [10]
  • 2005- It was announced that MarkMonitor, with Cyota Inc. and Internet Identity , would regularly provide information on confirmed phishing websites as part of efforts to help enhance the protection offered by Microsoft. [11]
  • 2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million venture capital investment led by Cargill Ventures. [13]
  • 2006- MarkMonitor and Sports Marketing Surveys formed an alliance to protect the 2006 World Cup and Olympic Winter Games Brands online.[14]
  • 2008- MarkMonitor signed a deal with TUV Rheinland Group's Brand Risk Management service (BRM) to offer the customers brand protection solution.[15] U.S. Central Credit Union and its 26 member corporate credit unions deployed anti-phishing solutions from MarkMonitor in February 2008. [16]
  • 2009- MarkMonitor announced AntiFraud Solutions, a patented technology that would enable brand owners to prevent, detect and respond to phishing and malware attacks. [17]
  • 2010- MarkMonitor acquired DtecNet Software, a global anti-piracy company for an undisclosed amount of money. [18]
  • 2012- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by Thomson Reuters, as part of the company's new Intellectual Property & Science business unit.[19]
  • 2017- MarkMonitor was acquired for an undisclosed sum by Clarivate Analytics
  • 2019 - MarkMonitor sells its brand protection business to OpSec Security.[20]

Product And Services[edit | edit source]

  • 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.
  • ↑ MarkMonitor Website
  • ↑ Clarivate Analytics Website
  • ↑ DomainName Stats
  • ↑ Bloomsberg Business Week
  • ↑ American Executive
  • ↑ The Free Library
  • ↑ Information Today
  • ↑ The Web Host Industry Review
  • ↑ GOLIATH
  • ↑ Softpedia
  • ↑ Microsoft.com
  • ↑ HighBeam.com
  • ↑ PR Newswire
  • ↑ PR Newswire
  • ↑ Yahoo Finance!
  • ↑ SC Magazine
  • ↑ All Business.com
  • ↑ Tech Crunch
  • ↑ Thomson Reuters buys MarkMonitor, domainincite.com
  • ↑ PR Newswire, Nov. 2019

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