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Citizen Hawk is an online brand management solutions provider that helps companies protect their online brands by targeting cybersquatters. Citizen Hawk continually monitors the web to expose the typosquatters and cyberscammers affecting their clients' business. They shutdown and recover these fraudulent domains for their clients.<ref>[http://www.citizenhawk.com/brand-protection/AboutUs.aspx About CitizenHawk]</ref>
'''Citizen Hawk''' is an online brand management solutions provider that helps companies protect their online brands by targeting [[cybersquatter]]s. Citizen Hawk continually monitors the web to expose the [[typosquatter]]s and cyberscammers affecting their clients' business. They shutdown and recover these fraudulent domains for their clients.<ref>[http://www.citizenhawk.com/brand-protection/AboutUs.aspx About CitizenHawk]</ref>
The process of identifying cybersquatters and filing UDRP are completely automated at Citizen Hawk. This generic filing of UDRP has created some problems for the company in the past. There were cases of carelessness and errors in the filings which has costed their clients dearly. <ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/22/arbitrator-blasts-citizenhawk-for-boilerplate-udrp-filing/ domainnamewire.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk domainnamestrategy.com]</ref>
The process of identifying cybersquatters and filing with the [[UDRP]] are completely automated at Citizen Hawk. This generic filing of UDRP has created some problems for the company in the past. There have been cases of carelessness and errors in the filings which have negatively affected their clients.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/22/arbitrator-blasts-citizenhawk-for-boilerplate-udrp-filing/ domainnamewire.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.domainnamestrategy.com/category/categories/citizenhawk domainnamestrategy.com]</ref>
==History==
==History==
Citizen Hawk was founded in 2006 and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.
Citizen Hawk was founded in 2006 and is based in Aliso Viejo, California.
In 2008, Citizen Hawk has received a funding of $3Million from Maveron LLC.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/citizenhawk-raises-3-million-to-target-cybersquatters/ techcrunch.com]</ref>
In 2008, Citizen Hawk received a funding of $3Million from [[Maveron]] LLC.<ref>[http://techcrunch.com/2008/05/12/citizenhawk-raises-3-million-to-target-cybersquatters/ techcrunch.com]</ref>
==Business Model==
==Business Model==
Citizen Hawk has an innovative business model. It files a complaint with the [[ICANN]] on the cybersquatter on behalf of it's client and pays the complaint filing fees upfront. After the domain is recovered, it charges a commission on the ad revenue of these domains.<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2008-05-30-citizen-hawks-anti-cybersquatting-strategy vator.tv]</ref>
Citizen Hawk has an innovative business model. It files a complaint against [[cybersquatter]]s with [[ICANN]] on behalf of its clients, and pays the complaint filing fees up front. After the domain is recovered, it charges a commission on the ad revenue of these domains.<ref>[http://vator.tv/news/2008-05-30-citizen-hawks-anti-cybersquatting-strategy vator.tv]</ref>
Citizen Hawk is a part of the LinkShare affiliate network<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/idUS117999+21-Jan-2009+BW20090121 reuters.com]</ref> and Hydra.<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2009/10/07/Hydra_Announces_the_Addition_of_CitizenHawk_to_its_Network/ article.wn.com]</ref>
Citizen Hawk is a part of the LinkShare affiliate network<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/idUS117999+21-Jan-2009+BW20090121 reuters.com]</ref> and Hydra.<ref>[http://article.wn.com/view/2009/10/07/Hydra_Announces_the_Addition_of_CitizenHawk_to_its_Network/ article.wn.com]</ref>