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Line 1: − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − [[Chris Veator]], CEO<br/> − − + − − 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> − − Mark Monitor employs robots operating from a wide range of servers hosted by major providers including Google. − − While MarkMonitor's business purpose is protection against unauthorized use of intellectual property or web resources, the company employs techniques to avoid routine digital protection measures such as [http://www.robotstxt.org/robots.txt robots.txt] files, to ensure it can gain access to web content without the consent of the owners. MarkMonitor robots also routinely scrape web sites without issuing [http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html referer fields] which is considered a security risk as blank referer fields are generally associated with malicious attacks. + Line 61:
Line 54: + + + − + − − *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== − − [[Category: Companies]]
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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
| founders = [[Faisal Shah]]
| founders = Faisal Shah
| ownership = Thomson Reuters
| ownership = Clarivate Analytics
| headquarters = 303 Second Street, Suite 800N<br/>San Francisco, CA 94107
| headquarters = 3540 E Longwing Ln #300<br/>Meridian, Idaho 83642
| country =
| country = US
| businesses =
| businesses = domain portfolio management, acquisition services, enhanced security
| products = Domain Management, Online Trademark Protection, Online Channel Protection, AntiPhishing Solutions
| products = Corporate domain registration and related services
| employees = 180 (2008)
| employees = 115 (2020)
| revenue = $30.0M (2008)
| revenue = $67.0M (2018)
| website = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]
| website = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]
| blog =
| blog = https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/domain-management/
| facebook =
| facebook = https://www.facebook.com/MarkMonitor/
| linkedin =
| linkedin = https://www.linkedin.com/company/markmonitor/
| twitter = MarkMonitor
| twitter = MarkMonitor
| keypeople = [[Faisal Shah]], Chairman<br/>
| keypeople = [[Statton Hammock]], V.P., Head of IP Strategy, Gov't & Industry Relations
[[Statton Hammock]], V.P, Global Policy & Industry Development
}}
}}
'''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 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==
*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>
*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>
*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==
==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}}
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://markmonitor.com/index.php/ MarkMonitor Corporate Website]
* [http://markmonitor.com/index.php/ MarkMonitor Corporate Website]
[[Category: Registrars]]
[[Category: Registrars]]
[[Category:Corporate Brand Protection]]
[[Category:Corporate Brand Protection]]