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How do I monitor web domains for trademark infringement?

Founder & Trademark Attorney

Three practical approaches cover most domain monitoring needs.

Regular manual searches: search for your brand name as a domain using a WHOIS lookup tool or domain registrar search to identify recently registered similar domains.

Google Alerts: set up alerts for your brand name to receive notifications when new web pages or domain registrations containing your terms appear in Google's index. This is a free and low-effort option with some limitations in comprehensiveness.

Domain monitoring services: dedicated tools scan domain registration databases for new registrations that are identical or similar to your mark, alerting you in near-real time when a potentially infringing domain is registered.

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