Cybersquatting on the rise, warns MarkMonitor
26 February 2008
Eileen McDermott, New York
Cybersquatting attacks on brand owners grew by 33% last year, according to a study released yesterday by internet services company MarkMonitor
Its Winter Brandjacking Index is an independent report that tracks and analyzes abuses of 30 brands from the Best Global Brands study by Interbrand . MarkMonitor searches around 134 million public records and 60 million suspected phishing emails for brand abuse daily.
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| Unauthorized trade mark use on the internet |
Although the company has released quarterly reports on brandjacking in the past, this is the first time it has provided a year-in-review analysis.
The report gave two main...
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