September 2002

Proactively Secure Your Brandswith QuestelOrbit

User Guide

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31. IntroductionDefinition

A domain name is a simple means to identify and access a Web site.

Examples: voila.frnice-aeroport.aerotrademarkexplorer.com

Two components make up a domain name:

The Sub-domain is the component that the owner can create to identify a company, service oractivity.Examples: voila

nice-aeroport

The Top Domain or Domain Extension is the component under which the domain name is registeredand is separated from the sub-domain by a period (.).

Sub-domain

Sub-domains can contain up to 63 characters, and may include: Any or all of the letters in the alphabet, from A through Z Any or all numbers between 0 through 9 The hyphen -

All other characters, such as the slash (/), the underline (_), the apostrophe (), the space ( ), theperiod (.) or other punctuation marks are not usable.

Domain Extensions

Top Level Domains (TLDs) TLDs come in two categories: generic (or international) and geographic (or national)

Generic Top Level Domains or gTLDsThese domains are not associated with a country and include the following 14 extensions:aero (aeronautic) biz (business)com (commercial) coop (cooperative)edu (education) gov (government)nfo (information) int (international)mil (military) museumname (family name) net (network)org (nonprofit organization) pro (professional)

Country Code Top Level Domains or ccTLDsThese domains are associated with a country. They are two-letter codes that represent countries.

Second Level DomainsThe dot . Is a character that serves to separate the two different levels. There are approved second-level domains with such extensions as .com.fr, .co.uk, .tm.fr, .asso.fr. There are also privatesecond-level domains such as nice.aeroport.fr. These domains are not included in the service.

42. Access to Domain NamesAll QuestelOrbit service contract customers have access to the Domain Name Service, which is availablein English at www.trademarkexplorer.com.

You can access the search screen in two ways:1. By clicking on Domain Names search on the upper right-hand corner of the Search menu.

2. By clicking on the link domain n@mes on the results page of a trademark search.

53. The Search

The Search Screen

Wildcard (* and ?) domain name searchEnter the domain name in this field box.

Identical SearchTo conduct an identical domain name search, enter the exact domain name without truncation. Keep inmind that the hyphen - can be part of a domain name. Therefore a search on the name inter-net willnot yield internet.com. Similarly, the search internet will not yield the domain name inter-net.com.

Similarity SearchTo conduct a similarity search, use the truncations (wildcards) * and ?. The asterisk * replaces anunlimited number of characters. The question mark ? replaces exactly one character. You can usethese two truncations as prefixes, suffixes or infixes of the search term.

Note: In searching, the truncated term must have at least three characters with the truncation * and atleast two characters with the truncation ?.

Examples:

Searching alexander* will yield the domain alexander and all other domains thatstart with alexander

Searching *alexander* will yield the domain alexander and all other domains thatcontain alexander

Searching alex*ander will yield the domains that start with alex and end with

6ander.Searching ?lexander will yield the domains with lexander preceded by any one

character. Examples: alexander, ulexander 4lexander, etc.

Accessing Domain Names in Order to Complete Your TrademarkSearchWhen you access the search screen by clicking on the link domain n@mes after a trademark search, thetrademark name that you have selected will automatically appear in the field box Wildcard (* and ?)domain name search.

If this trademark contains only one word, it will be included automatically without truncation. If thetrademark contains more than one word, an unlimited truncation * will be inserted automatically betweeneach word. If the trademark contains characters that are unauthorized for domain name use, they will bereplaced by an unlimited truncation.

Specifying an ExtensionIf you wish to limit your search to a specific domain name, you only need to enter in the field boxWildcard (* and ?) domain name search, the name following the desired domain extension.Example: voila.frWithout specifying an extension or modifying other criteria, the search will run On a group of domain names excluding the least pertinent fields when conducting the search online On generic a selected group of generic domain names and the national domains that correspond to

the trademarks country (as indicated by the additional TLDs), as in the case of search to complete atrademark search (see Appendix on page 19).

GroupsTo fine tune or enlarge your search, you can make use of three large categories of groups:

Trade GroupsThese groups divide countries by trade or commercial exchange treaties: Andean Pact A group of countries from northeast and South America. EFTA the European Free Trade Association, consist of Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and

Switzerland. NAFTA the North American Free Trade Agreement, consists of Canada, Mexico and the United

States. Benelux European Union Mercosur consists of countries in the southern tip of South America Geographic GroupsThis category includes country groupings based on geographic lines. The Americas Asia Europe Middle East Australia and Oceania Africa

Other GroupsThis final category consist of two groups: Generic top Level Domains Global Top 50 Countries

7You can display detailed information on each group by clicking on the name of the group. To limit yoursearch to one or more groups, click on the corresponding radio boxes.

Other OptionsYou may also modify search criteria by using one or more of the following:

Exclude gTLDs from resultsClick on this options radio box if you wish to exclude from your results generic domains when you: Do a total search by default (without selecting groups) Use the NAFTA group

Additional TLDsChoose this option if you want to: Add one or more domains to one or more selected groups

Example: generic + .fr Limit your search to more domains that are not within a group

Example: .com and .fr

You must enter the domain extensions without the period . and separate one from the other by acomma.

Exclude Some Less Relevant TLDs from ResultsDeselect this option if you do not want any restrictions on your total search.

Search ExampleIn the example below, you search French, English and German generic domains, that containEVASION.

84. Displaying ResultsShowing the Number of Hits

One you have clicked on the Search button, the following window will show: Number of hits Cost of displaying results

If you wish to display your results, click on Continue. An alert message will remind you of the cost. ClickOK to confirm.

Displaying Domain Names in List FormatYour results will be displayed by groups of 50 in a list format. To display the remainder of the list, click onthe button Next Domains. If the total number of results is less than 50, the screen will show the entirelist.

9Download DomainsTo display the entire list of domain names or a personalized list, click on the Download Domains buttonon the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

The All Domains from this Search option lets you show the entire list of domain names that your searchyielded. In other words, you can show not only 50 domain names on the screen but also the rest of theother domain names that you found.

The Saved Domains option lets you create a personal list by choosing certain domain names.

How this option works: Click on the radio buttons that correspond to the names you want or the Select all domains on this

page if you want to choose all the names on the page. Next, click on the button Save Checked Domains for Report.

The massage You currently have no domains saved for reporting right next to the Save CheckedDomains for Report is modified and the word no is replaced with the number of selected and registereddocuments.

The Next Domains button lets you continue your search and expand your list.

Once you have finished your selection, choose a either text or html format then click on DownloadDomains in the Saved Domains option.

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Example of a list of four names in text format:

Example of the same list in html format:

You can save the list with the File/Save As function.

Displaying the Whois fileTo display Whois, which provides Registry, Registrar and domain name owner information, displaythe entire document.

Example of Whois:

Domain 1 Domain Name

MONDIAL-EVASION.FR Country

FranceWhois

Tous droits reserves par copyright.Voir http://www.nic.fr/outils/dbcopyright.htmlRights restricted by copyright.See http://www.nic.fr/outils/dbcopyright.html

domain: mondial-evasion.frdescr: MONDIAL EVASIONdescr: 19 RUE SAINT JEANdescr: 42000 SAINT ETIENNEadmin-c: JE58-FRNICtech-c: NF485-FRNICzone-c: NFC1-FRNIC

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nserver: ns1.lerelaisinternet.comnserver: ns2.lerelaisinternet.commnt-by: FR-NIC-MNTmnt-lower: FR-NIC-MNTchanged: frnic-dbm-updates@nic.fr 20010521source: FRNIC

role: NORDNET Franceaddress: Nordnetaddress: 111, rue de Croixaddress: 59510 Hemaddress: Francephone: +33 3 20 66 55 55fax-no: +33 3 20 66 56 69e-mail: tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.comadmin-c: ML50-FRNICadmin-c: DU11-FRNICtech-c: ML50-FRNICtech-c: DU11-FRNICtech-c: JG3094-FRNICnic-hdl: NF485-FRNICnotify: tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.comchanged: tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.com 20001212source: FRNIC

/

Web Site TitleWeb Site www.mondial-evasion.fr

Web Site Title L'Espagne dgriffe, Mondial vasion votre spcialiste du voyage en promotion

At the end of the file, a link will let you directly access the site, if it exists, that corresponds to the domainname.

To display the entire document, choose among three options: The Display Document link The Get Full Records All Domains from this Search option The Get Full Records Saved Domains option

Display DocumentThe Display Document link on the list right above each domain name lets you display completeinformation on those domain names.

Get Full Records All Domains from this SearchLocated at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, this button lets you display complete informationon several domain names.

The All Domains from this Search option lets you display complete information on each search result,divided in groups of 50, as well as all those domain names not included in your list.

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Get Full Records Saved DomainsThe Saved Domains option lets you display information on a selection of domain names.

How to make a selection: Click on the radio boxes corresponding to the names you want or choose Select all domains on this

page if you want to view all the items on the page. Next, click on Save Checked Domains for Report.

The message You currently have no domains saved for reporting to the right of the Save CheckedDomains for Report will change and the no will be replaced by the number of selected documents.

Next Domains lets you continue your selection and expand your saved list.

Once youve made your selection, click on Get Full Records in the Saved Domains option.

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5. Exporting ResultsYou can export your saved results into your hard dark in text or html format. The export function lets youview entire documents.

To export complete documents that you have viewed, click on the radio buttons of the domains you wantor choose all the domains by clicking on Select all domains. Next, click on the Save as html or Save astext. You can also use this function when you view a single document with Display Document.

The window Downloading File is configured to your computer.

Example of exporting 4 complete html Domain Report documents

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6. A Sample Trademark/Domain Name SearchYou will conduct a trademark search on a mark that is practiced internationally and contains the wordadventure. You will then conclude the search with a domain name search.

Trademark Search

You are logged on toQuestelOrbit viatrademarkexplorer.com.

On the Search menupage, click on France.

In the Free search fieldbox, enter SAUVAGE?and select CL30.

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You should get 41 hits.

On the results page,choose to view all thehits with the Displayresults from alldatabases option. In theDisplay Format jumpmenu choose primeand leave the withimage box unchecked.

You want to view thetrademark FleurSauvage which appearsas the 30th item.

To check if a domainname exists for thistrademark, click on thedomain n@mes link onthe right side of thescreen. This will take usto the domain namessearch page.

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Domain Name Search

The trademark name willappear on the field box.Note that the quotationmarks before and afterthe trademark name aregone. The spacebetween the two wordshas been replaced by anunlimited truncation.

The search has yieldedtwo hits. Should wedecide to view these hits,the cost will be 0.40euros. Until now, thesearch process has beenfree of charge.

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Once you click onContinue the list ofdomain names willappear.

To display all thedocuments, click onSelect all domains onthis page.

Save the selections byclicking on SaveChecked Domains forReport.

Next, click on Get FullRecords with the SavedDomains option to theselections.

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The screen will show thefirst page of the domainsentire document.

You will find the Whoisfile in the completedocument. There are noadditional charges forthis display.

To export into a harddisk, choose Select alldomains then click onSave as html.

Here is the first page,called Domain Report,of the exported html file.

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7. Appendix

Domain ExtensionsTrademark Group Additional TLDsGermany Generic Top Level Domains deU.S. Generic Top Level Domains usU.S. Federal Generic Top Level Domains usUnited Kingdom Generic Top Level Domains ukAustrian Generic Top Level Domains atBenelux Generic Top Level Domains be, nl, luCanada Generic Top Level Domains caDenmark Generic Top Level Domains dkSpain Generic Top Level Domains esFinland Generic Top Level Domains fiFrance Generic Top Level Domains frItaly Generic Top Level Domains itLiechtenstein Generic Top Level Domains liMexico Generic Top Level Domains mxMonaco Generic Top Level Domains mcNorway Generic Top Level Domains noSwitzerland Generic Top Level Domains chEuropean Union Generic Top Level Domains fr, es, uk, pt, ie, it, de at,

dk, se, fi, gr, be, nl, luInternational Generic Top Level Domains

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8. To Contact Us

PARIS (Headquarters)4, rue des Colonnes75082 Paris Cedex 02, FranceTelephone: +33 (0)1 55 04 52 00Customer Service: +33 (0)1 55 04 51 00Fax: +33 (0)1 55 04 52 01E-mail: clients@questel.fr

WASHINGTON, D.C.8000 Westpark DriveMcLean, VA 22102, USATelephone: +1 (703) 442-0900Help Desk: 800 456 7248 (Toll Free)Fax: +1 (703) 893 4632E-mail: help@questel.orbit.com

Other OfficesGermany: 0800 1 811 406 (Toll Free)Central America: +507 226 7617Argentina: +507 226 7617Austria: 0800 293632 (Toll Free)Belgium: +32 3254 2490Brazil: +507 226 7617Canada: 1 514 874 1748Colombia: +57 4 262 27 00Denmark: 800 18 06 (Toll Free)Spain: +34 91 443 03 19Finland: 0800 118943 (Toll Free)Irland: 1800 620499 (Toll Free)Israel: 09 8665032Italy: 39 02 670 9699Japan: 81 3 5690 3136Mexico: +507 226 7617Norway: 800 11584 (Toll Free)United Kingdom: 020 8332 7544Russia: +7 812 272 4638Sweden: 02 07 93 11 5 (Toll Free)Switzerland: 0800 552 778 (Toll Free)Taiwan: +886 35 78 49 45Venezuela: +507 226 7617

For other countries, please contact the QuestelOrbit office nearest you.

Proactively Secure Your Brandswith QuestelOrbitUser Guide1. Introduction

DefinitionSub-domainDomain ExtensionsSecond Level Domains2. Access to Domain Names3. The Search

The Search ScreenWildcard (* and ?) domain name search

Identical SearchSimilarity SearchAccessing Domain Names in Order to Complete Your Trademark SearchSpecifying an Extension

GroupsTrade GroupsGeographic GroupsOther Groups

Other OptionsExclude gTLDs from resultsAdditional TLDsExclude Some Less Relevant TLDs from Results

Search Example4. Displaying Results

Showing the Number of HitsDisplaying Domain Names in List FormatDownload DomainsDisplaying the Whois fileWeb Site TitleDisplay Document

5. Exporting Results

Example of exporting 4 complete html Domain Repo6. A Sample Trademark/Domain Name SearchTrademark SearchDomain Name Search

7. AppendixDomain Extensions

TrademarkGroupAdditional TLDs8. To Contact UsOther Offices