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| logo             = MarkMonitorLogo.JPG

| logo           = [[File: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

| keypeople         =  

| headquarters   = 3540 E Longwing Ln #300<br/>Meridian, Idaho 83642

| country         = US

| products       = Corporate domain registration and related services

| employees       = 115 (2020)

| revenue         = $67.0M (2018)

| products         = Domain Management, Online Trademark Protection, Online Channel Protection, AntiPhishing Solutions

| website         = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]

| employees         = 180 (2008)

| revenue           = $30.0M (2008)

| website           = http://MarkMonitor.com

}}

}}

'''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 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 names under its management and 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 [[Wikimedia Foundation]];<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:MarkMonitor Wikimedia Foundation] </ref>

MarkMonitor also has strategic alliances with [[Microsoft]], [[Yahoo!]], [[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>  

==History==

==History==

*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>  

*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>  

*2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million in 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>  

*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>  

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

*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>

*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>

*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>

*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>

*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>

*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>

*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>

*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>

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

*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.

*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>

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

 

*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}}

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