Unlock the power of your online presence with our domain name services
At Marks & Clerk, we understand that securing and protecting your brand and reputation online is a cornerstone of your brand’s success. Our dedicated team of intellectual property experts brings unparalleled expertise to the field of domain name services, ensuring that your online presence is not just a web address but a strategic asset. Whether you're a start-up staking your claim or an established business building on your digital successes and looking to robustly police your brand online, we offer a suite of comprehensive services to guide you through every stage of domain management.
From meticulous trade mark searches to strategic domain name monitoring and dispute advice, we tailor our services to align seamlessly with your intellectual property strategy. Our specialist domain name services include:
Watching
We offer tailored watching services to best support your domain name strategy, whether as a standalone offering or as part of a wider monitoring strategy including trade mark watches, company name watches and online brand monitoring.
Trade Mark Clearinghouse
We are Authorised Agents with the Trade Mark Clearinghouse and are adept at registering trade marks with the service to enable access to sunrise periods for new gTLD launches and to take advantage of the ongoing notification services.
Domain name strategy
We are experienced in advising on strategy relating to domain name acquisitions, registrations and maintenance, and can provide solutions for domain name management.
Disputes
We have experience in successfully fighting cybersquatting by filing domain name complaints, including at Nominet, WIPO and NAF, and have also defended clients against spurious domain name complaints. We work with a network of attorneys worldwide to file domain name complaints globally.
With our mix of trade mark attorneys and IP solicitors we are also well placed to advise on the appropriate action to take against abusive domain name use and trade mark infringement online, whether this is through complaints to Registrars or the courts. We can also advise on using domain services as part of an anti-counterfeiting strategy or part of a wider trade mark enforcement strategy.