Domain Trademark Protection (DPML)
Domain Trademark Protection (DPML)
Registry-level Protection for all Identity Digital Domains
You’ve built your business, but it’s not time to rest on your laurels. Your brand – and your reputation – is your most valuable business asset. It’s time to protect it from phishing, domain hijacking, and copyright infringement. Protect it with DPML offered by Blacknight.
What is DPML?
The Domains Protected Marks List is a service on offer from Identity Digital, the registry behind 250+ generic top-level domain names (gTLDs). By signing up, you prevent your trademarked brand name from being registered across the entire portfolio of Identity Digital domain names.
Why do you need it?
Buying DPML service protects your valuable brand from cybersquatters, hackers, phishers and anyone seeking to do harm to your business. It’s also a more affordable way to secure these domains than registering them all individually.
Benefits
- Expansive: Allows brand owners to protect more than just exact-match trademarks across Identity Digital TLDs with enhanced coverage.
- Easy: Protect your brand’s trademark term in as many as 250+ domains in a single program. Domains blocked by DPML are not active.
- Versatile: Brand owners can protect terms across all Identity Digital TLDs for up to 10 years.
- Economical: DPML subscriptions are a fraction of the cost of typical defensive registrations. Instead of registering hundreds of domains to protect your domain, you make one purchase.
Requirements
- A Trademarked Brand
- Valid Signed Mark Data File with the Trademark Clearinghouse
- Ownership verification and authorisation
You must possess a valid trademark SMD file from the Trademark Clearinghouse for your brand. If you don’t have one, we can help you get one.
What plans are available?
5 Year DPML
This is a five-year block on anyone registering your Trademark across all Identity Digital domains. It’s an exact keyword match.
10 Year DPML Plus
This includes everything offered in the 5-year program but lasts for 10 years. The 10 year plus option also protects typos of your Trademark, as well as protection against homographic phishing attacks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What Domains Are Covered By DPML?
DPML covers all domains offered by the registry Donuts Inc. For a complete list of the domain, please follow this link.
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How Much Does DPML Cost?
Please contact the Blacknight sales team for information on current pricing. Using DPML saves you money in the long-run as you don’t have to defensively register over 200 domain names, then renew them every year.
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Are Domains Under DPML ‘Registered’?
No, domains covered by DPML are not registered. This is protection against them being registered by anyone else. It puts them in a reserve so that only you can register them. If you need to actually use the domain, it can be overridden and you can register it like you would any other domain with Blacknight.
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How and where to do I manage my DPML Subscription?
DPML by Blacknight is a white glove solution – we manage it on your behalf so you don’t have to do anything once you provide us with the required documentation.
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What is required to use DPML?
A valid SMD file with the trademark office.
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How does registration work?
Purchase your subscription then we’ll contact you for the required trademark documentation then we’ll handle the rest.
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How long is DPML for?
There are two options, a 5-year program or a 10-year program.
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Can you invoice me?
Yes, our sales team can arrange a VAT Invoice. Payment is due upfront.
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Can I use the blocked domains for anything?
Yes, you can override a specific domain and register it like you would any other domain to make use of it.
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What domains cannot be blocked?
Any top-level domain that’s not offered by the registry Donuts Inc.
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Are future Donuts domains covered?
Yes, any future domain that Donuts ends up offering will be covered under the program.
Contact Our Sales Team
Purchasing DPML is a Manual Process That Requires Speaking to the Blacknight Sales Team