hepworth headquarters san francisco ca usa area served worldwide products domain management brand protection anti piracy anti fraud number of employees 400 2012 website see tfm www.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 . again in 2016 markmonitor changed hands to two venture capital companies along with the ip division of reuters . contents 1 history 2 research 3 corporate structure 4 products and services 5 references 6 external links history edit markmonitor was founded in 1999 1 in boise idaho 2 and its initial business as a service provider for the protection of corporate trademarks on the internet . in 2000 markmonitor gained icann accreditation status for domain registration 3 and acquired a domain management business called alldomains the following year . 4 5 in october 2010 markmonitor acquired an anti piracy company dtecnet 6 7 8 and was itself purchased by thomson reuters intellectual property & science business in july 2012 . research edit 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 . 9 the company s annual report says that cybersquatting increased 18 percent in 2008 10 and phishing attacks rose 36 percent in the first quarter of 2009 . 11 12 in 2010 the company estimated that 200 billion in revenues is lost annually as a result of worldwide counterfeiting and piracy on the internet . 6 the 2011 report said the company had identified 23 000 listings for clones suspected counterfeits or gray market versions of tablet computers 13 by 8 000 sellers . 14 15 a 2011 opinion piece in techdirt criticized the research methodology of markmonitor s report . 16 corporate structure edit half of markmonitor s employees are based at its san francisco facility where its brand protection solutions division is located . 17 domain development administration and customer service personnel are located in boise idaho and their anti fraud and security center is based in washington dc . 3 subscription required products and services edit according to markmonitor it develops and markets brand protection software and services 18 to combat counterfeiting piracy cybersquatting and paid search scams in four categories ; domain management antifraud software brand protection and antipiracy . 19 the idaho statesman reported that markmonitor safeguards more than half of the fortune 100 brands . 2 markmonitor provides services to facebook google apple microsoft and badoo among others . 20 references edit new york based thomson reuters to buy markmonitor founded by boise residents . idaho statesman . july 16 2012 . retrieved april 30 2013 . a b forester sandra july 26 2012 . new york based thomson reuters to buy markmonitor founded by boise residents . idaho statesman . retrieved december 7 2012 . a b keeping watch . american executive . may 2010 . retrieved december 8 2012 . boise firm helps big ones keep their web sites safe . the idaho statesman . january 15 2004 . retrieved december 8 2012 . rao leena january 11 2009 . internet watchdog guards brands online . san francisco business times . retrieved january 28 2012 . a b wauters robin october 18 2010 . markmonitor acquires dtecnet to combat online piracy . techcrunch . retrieved january 28 2012 . prince brian october 18 2010 . markmonitor acquires dtecnet to fight piracy . eweek . retrieved january 28 2012 . howard julie 7 january 2003 . boise firm helps big ones keep their web sites safe . idaho statesman . retrieved 7 january 2003 . brandjacking index markmonitor retrieved december 8 2012 mitchell robert june 25 2009 . domain name wars rise of the cybersquatters . pc world . retrieved december 8 2012 . hulme george june 29 2009 . social network users increasingly under siege . informationweek . retrieved january 28 2012 . higgins kelly june 29 2009 . report social networking phishing attacks up more than 240 % . dark reading . retrieved january 28 2012 . lowensohn josh november 1 2011 . tablet knockoffs running rampant brand firm says . cnet . retrieved january 28 2012 . camm jones ben january 11 2011 . fake ipads flood the market . idg . retrieved january 28 2012 . seidman andrew august 17 2012 . no phishing banks try to sink scammers . the wall street journal . masnick mike january 13 2011 . highly flawed piracy report used to support positions that are unrelated . techdirt . retrieved january 25 2012 . internet watchdog guards brands online pdf . san francisco business times . january 9 15 2009 . retrieved december 8 2012 . nielsen s whiting joins markmonitor board . brand week . october 27 2009 . retrieved july 14 2010 . markmonitor corporate overview . markmonitor . retrieved march 7 2012 . wauters robin july 26 2012 . thomson reuters snaps up online brand protection giant markmonitor . the next web . retrieved december 8 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title markmonitor & oldid 740246597 categories internet companies of the united statesbusiness services companies established in 1999software companies established in 1999hidden categories pages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 23 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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