Trademarks411 Helps Businesses Mitigate Rising Cybersquatting by Launching Automatic Domain Check

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Trademarks411, the leading software-assisted trademark filing company, has selected Google Domains as their referral when a domain name is available for their new automatic domain search tool that will help businesses mitigate rising domain name squatting.

When a trademark application is filed on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office system, trademark records become public record shortly thereafter within approximately seven business days. Businesses are confident that by filing their federal trademark application they will be protected from cyber crimes such as domain name squatting. However, cybercriminals are making it more difficult by monitoring and preying on businesses that fail to register their domain or similar variations. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of trademark public records and are stealing domains of matching filed trademarks with hopes that business owners will purchase the domain name on the dark web from the cybercriminals.

Many businesses forget to register their domain name for their matching new trademark filing, however, cybercriminals are registering and stealing these available unregistered domains using readily available public records. 

"The .com top level domain is what they are after. This is taking cybersquatting sophistication to an entirely new level. This is causing a great deal of harm to businesses. Businesses have two options when this occurs. On average the cybercriminals are charging under $1,000 for these domains with hopes the business owners will purchase the domain from the cybercriminal as opposed to filing a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaint. The typical cost to file a UDRP complaint starts at $1,300 USD plus any additional legal fees a business owner would pay to their attorney," said Nicholas Greenside, CEO of Trademarks411.

Trademarks411 is helping businesses mitigate this issue by automatically conducting a domain name search for every trademark filed that is within a certain amount of characters and notify the user if their trademark is also available as a .com.

"We selected Google Domains as our referral because they have a simple and feature-rich user interface for registering and protecting domains. We receive no commission from Google Domains; we feel they offer the best solution and we care about our customers and that's why we selected them," said Nicholas.

About Trademarks411: 
Trademarks411 revolutionized the way individuals and companies conduct trademark searches and trademark filings. Officially launching almost a decade ago, today Trademarks411 delivers outstanding and innovative trademark services. Trademarks411's automated trademark filing system is evolving the way individuals, companies and trademark counsel handle trademark application filings. Trademarks411 users range from Fortune 500® companies to government institutions to startups. 

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