Ongoing Notifications Service

After the initial 90-day Trademark Claims Period for each new generic top-level domain (gTLD), the Trademark Clearinghouse extends its protection through the Ongoing Notifications service. This service ensures that TMCH clients receive Ongoing notifications about potential intellectual property infringement beyond the initial 90 days of General Availability.

These new gTLDs, such as .LINK, .APP, .MUSIC, offer businesses diverse and industry-specific options to better reflect their identities and offerings, departing from the traditional .COM or .NET domains.

How it works?

Through the Ongoing Notifications Service, TMCH clients will continue to be informed via email whenever a domain name is activated in a new gTLD, matching the labels linked to their registered trademark in the TMCH. This reactive approach allows trademark owners to remain vigilant and swiftly address any potential misuse of their intellectual property.

Exact Match & Variation label(s)

• Exact Match Labels: Generated at the time of registration in the TMCH, there is no additional cost to activate this service.
• Additional Variation Labels: TMCH clients can add variations for Ongoing Notification at no extra charge. Accepted variations include containing, partial, and similar variations.
• For more details on the variation rules: go here.

Examples:

• Exact Match: “trademarkclearinghouse” and “trademark-clearinghouse”
• Containing: “thetrademarkclearinghouse” and “trademarkclearinghouseee’ (strings preceding or following the exact match label)
• Partial: “clearinghouse” and “markclearing” (partial match of the exact match label)
• Similar: “trädemärkcleäringhouse” and “tràdémarkçlear1nghoüse” (variants of the exact match label)

More information about the Variation rules can be found via Variants for Ongoing Notifications | www.trademark-clearinghouse.com

Benefits

• These notifications cover all new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as well as the most popular legacy top-level domains (TLDs) such as .COM, .NET and .ORG.
•  The Ongoing Notification Service is exclusively available to Trademark holders and Trademark Agents during the period from the verification of their trademark record until the conclusion of its registration in The Trademark Clearinghouse.
• The utilization of the service is non-mandatory, allowing each TMCH client to decide whether they want to activate or deactivate the service.

How to Activate?

• Log on with your user name and password at https://secure.trademark-clearinghouse.com
• Go to “My Account”
• Click “Activate” on the “ANCILLARY SERVICES – ONGOING NOTIFICATIONS” section