MarkMonitor representatives were proud to attend the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting from May 21 to 24 in Barcelona, Spain. With 10,668 registrants, the 2017 Annual Meeting was the largest ever held by INTA. It was also the largest for MarkMonitor and our first as a Clarivate Analytics flagship brand, with 15 attendees representing our operations in London, Boise, San Francisco, and Barcelona. We enjoyed the opportunity to meet with our clients and partners, to engage with the INTA community and support the mission of the organization through our committee leadership and by facilitating education sessions. In addition to attending... Read More

Spring has sprung! As we close the door on April, we can take stock of the .Brand domains that just blossomed. The ‘.Brands’ are Top Level Domains (TLDs), from the 2012 ICANN new gTLD application period, that represent well-known Brands/Trademarks and have Specification 13 amended to the Registry Agreement. Thirty-eight .Brands registered 181 domains in April 2017. While this is not a large volume for legacy TLDs, like .COM or .NET, this is quite a development since only 111 .Brand registrations were completed in Q1 2017. Provided below is a profile of the .Brand (.WEBER) that blossomed the most in April;... Read More

MarkMonitor joined our internet governance colleagues in Copenhagen, Denmark for ICANN 58 in early March. It’s a busy time for brand owners, as we discussed Subsequent Rounds of the New gTLD Program, Rights Protection Mechanisms, online abuse and Registration Directory Services (Whois) and met with partners about Registry launches, brand concerns and more. It’s a big year for brand owners, with key policy issues on the table for milestone decision-making, and many factors to consider to balance brand interests with other internet governance concerns like privacy, data collection, government positions and infrastructure operations. For the first time, MarkMonitor was proud to... Read More

2017 new gTLD operator, Rightside Registry, will be changing their existing DPML blocking option. Rightside will automatically upgrade all existing “Legacy” Rightside DPML blocks to “Enhanced” DPML.  Features of the enhanced option include: All non-reserved premium domains will now be protected No override fees Only the DPML holder will be able to override the block 10 additional Variants are included (common misspellings, hyphens, trademark+term) Currently, Rightside’s DPML block covers 40 TLDs: .games .lawyer .actor .live .airforce .market .army .moda .attorney .mortgage .auction .navy .band .news .consulting .ninja .dance .pub .degree .rehab .democrat .republican .dentist .reviews .engineer .rip .family .rocks .forsale .sale... Read More