Markmonitor

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American software company

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nameMarkmonitor Inc.
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locationBoise, Idaho, USA
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num_employees520 (2017)
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| name = Markmonitor Inc. | logo = Markmonitor-logo.svg | type = Subsidiary | foundation = | founder = | location = Boise, Idaho, USA | area_served = Worldwide | products = | num_employees = 520 (2017) | parent = | homepage = Markmonitor Inc. is an American software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. It develops software intended to protect corporate brands from Internet counterfeiting, fraud, piracy, and cybersquatting. MarkMonitor also develops and publishes reports on the prevalence of brand abuse on the Internet.

In November 2022, the company was acquired by Newfold Digital. In 2025, Newfold Digital sold Markmonitor to Com Laude, which is owned by PX3 Partners.

History

Markmonitor was founded in 1999 in Boise, Idaho and its initial business as a service provider for the protection of corporate trademarks on the Internet. In 2000, it gained ICANN accreditation status for domain registration and acquired a domain management business called AllDomains the following year.

In October 2010, Markmonitor acquired an anti-piracy company (DtecNet) and was itself purchased by Thomson Reuters' Intellectual Property & Science business in July 2012. In 2016, the IP division of Reuters, including Markmonitor, was sold to two venture capital companies, under the new parent company Clarivate Analytics.

In 2022, Clarivate announced that Newfold Digital purchased its subsidiary. Backed by the Clearlake and Siris groups, Newfold is a web and commerce technology provider.

In September 2025, domain name registrar Com Laude announced that the company has acquired Markmonitor for an undisclosed sum.

Research

According to the Markmonitor web site, it has been publishing a report called the Brandjacking Index since 2007, to assess how Internet threats affect corresponding brands. The company's annual report says that cybersquatting increased 18 percent in 2008 and "phishing attacks" rose 36 percent in the first quarter of 2009.{{cite news | first = George | last = Hulme | title = Social Network users Increasingly Under Siege | newspaper = InformationWeek | date = June 29, 2009 | url = https://www.informationweek.com/security/social-network-users-increasingly-under/229206176 | access-date = January 28, 2012}}{{cite news | first = Kelly | last = Higgins | title = Report: Social Networking Phishing Attacks Up More Than 240% | newspaper = Dark Reading | date = June 29, 2009 | url = http://www.darkreading.com/security/news/218101868/report-social-networking-phishing-attacks-up-more-than-240.html | access-date = January 28, 2012 | archive-date = June 15, 2013 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130615201755/http://www.darkreading.com/security/news/218101868/report-social-networking-phishing-attacks-up-more-than-240.html | url-status = live

In 2010, the company estimated that $200 billion in revenues is lost annually as a result of worldwide counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet. The 2011 report said the company had identified 23,000 listings "for clones, suspected counterfeits, or gray market" versions of tablet computers{{cite news | last = Lowensohn | first = Josh | title = Tablet knockoffs running rampant, brand firm says | newspaper = CNET | date = November 1, 2011 | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20128602-248/tablet-knockoffs-running-rampant-brand-firm-says/ | access-date = January 28, 2012 | archive-date = March 1, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301104526/http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20128602-248/tablet-knockoffs-running-rampant-brand-firm-says/ | url-status = live | last = Camm-Jones | first = Ben | title = Fake iPads 'flood the market' | newspaper = IDG | date = January 11, 2011 | url = http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C3691967-B7B6-A12F-B97F058DD3DCB129 | access-date = January 28, 2012 | archive-date = August 26, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826123217/http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=C3691967-B7B6-A12F-B97F058DD3DCB129 | url-status = live | last = Masnick | first = Mike | title = Highly Flawed 'Piracy' Report Used To Support Positions That Are Unrelated | newspaper = TechDirt | date = January 13, 2011 | url = https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110111/15544912607/highly-flawed-piracy-report-used-to-support-positions-that-are-unrelated.shtml | access-date = January 25, 2012 | archive-date = November 21, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111121142243/http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110111/15544912607/highly-flawed-piracy-report-used-to-support-positions-that-are-unrelated.shtml | url-status = live

Products and services

According to Markmonitor, it develops and markets brand protection software and services{{cite news | title = Nielsen's Whiting Joins MarkMonitor Board | newspaper = Brand Week | date = October 27, 2009 | url = https://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/esearch/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0becfe37b2a5c3fd33 | access-date = July 14, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101102231841/http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/esearch/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0becfe37b2a5c3fd33 | archive-date = November 2, 2010 | url-status = dead

Markmonitor registers the domains and provides Whois and Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) lookup information for a variety of brands and companies. These companies include:

References

References

  1. "Clarivate Successfully Completes Divestiture of MarkMonitor to Newfold Digital". PR Newswire.
  2. Dorbian, Iris. (January 2, 2026). "PE-backed Newfold Digital sells software firm Markmonitor to Com Laude".
  3. (July 16, 2012). "New York-based Thomson Reuters to buy MarkMonitor, founded by Boise residents". Idaho Statesman.
  4. Forester, Sandra. (July 26, 2012). "New York-based Thomson Reuters to buy MarkMonitor, founded by Boise residents". Idaho Statesman.
  5. (May 2010). "Keeping Watch". American Executive.
  6. (January 15, 2004). "Boise firm helps big ones keep their Web sites safe". The Idaho Statesman.
  7. Rao, Leena. (January 11, 2009). "Internet Watchdog Guards Brands Online". San Francisco Business Times.
  8. Wauters, Robin. (October 18, 2010). "MarkMonitor Acquires DtecNet To Combat Online Piracy". TechCrunch.
  9. Prince, Brian. (October 18, 2010). "MarkMonitor Acquires DtecNet to Fight Piracy". eWeek.
  10. Howard, Julie. (7 January 2003). "Boise firm helps big ones keep their Web sites safe". Idaho Statesman.
  11. Murphy, Kevin. (2025-09-26). "Com Laude buys larger rival Markmonitor".
  12. "Brandjacking Index". MarkMonitor.
  13. Mitchell, Robert. (June 25, 2009). "Domain-name Wars: Rise of the Cybersquatters". PC World.
  14. Seidman, Andrew. (August 17, 2012). "No 'Phishing': Banks Try to Sink Scammers". The Wall Street Journal.
  15. "MarkMonitor Corporate Overview". MarkMonitor.
  16. (April 26, 2024). "Nintendo vs. Garry's Mod: Dissecting the 'Fake' Domain Behind All the Chaos".
  17. https://www.whois.com/whois/half-life.com
  18. Wauters, Robin. (July 26, 2012). "Thomson Reuters snaps up online brand protection giant MarkMonitor". The Next Web.
  19. AlienVault, OTX. (January 29, 2024). "Domain Names registered with abuse complaint email address "abusecomplaints@markmonitor.com"". OTX AlienVault.

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