Whois & Analysis for markmonitor.com

MarkMonitor Inc. is an American software company founded in 1999.

It develops software intended to protect corporate brands from Internet counterfeiting, fraud, piracy, and cybersquatting.

It also develops and publishes reports on the prevalence of brand abuse on the Internet.

MarkMonitor acquired AllDomains in 2001 and DtecNet in 2010.

MarkMonitor was then purchased by Thomson Reuters in 2012.

In 2016, the IP division of Reuters, including MarkMonitor was sold to two venture capital companies, under the new parent company "Clarivate Analytics".

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a multinational mass media and information firm with operational headquarters at 3 Times Square in Manhattan, New York City.

The firm was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where its legal domicile offices are located at 333 Bay Street in Downtown Toronto.

Thomson Reuters shares maintain a dual listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI).

A brand (or marque for car model) is a name, term, design, symbol, or other feature that distinguishes one seller’s product from those of others.

Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising.

Copyright infringement is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works.

The copyright holder is typically the work's creator, or a publisher or other business to whom copyright has been assigned.

Copyright holders routinely invoke legal and technological measures to prevent and penalize copyright infringement.

A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System (DNS).

Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name.