September 2002
 Proactively Secure Your Brands
 with Questel00rbit
 User Guide
 
 
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 1. Introduction
 Definition
 A domain name is a simple means to identify and access a Web site.
 Examples:
 voila.fr
 nice-aeroport.aero
 trademarkexplorer.com
 Two components make up a domain name:
 0 The Sub-domain is the component that the owner can create to identify a company, service or
 activity.
 Examples: voila
 nice-aeroport
 0 The Top Domain or Domain Extension  is the component under which the domain name is registered
 and is separated from the sub-domain by a period (".").
 Sub-domain
 Sub-domains can contain up to 63 characters, and may include:
 0 Any or all of the letters in the alphabet, from A through Z
 0 Any or all numbers between 0 through 9
 0 The hyphen "-"
 All other characters, such as the slash ("/"), the underline ("_"), the apostrophe ("'"), the space (" "), the
 period (".") 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)
 0 Generic Top Level Domains or gTLDs
 These 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)
 museum
 name (family name)
 net (network)
 org (nonprofit organization)
 pro (professional)
 0 Country Code Top Level Domains or ccTLDs
 These domains are associated with a country.  They are two-letter codes that represent countries.
 Second Level Domains
 The 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 private
 second-level domains such as nice.aeroport.fr.  These domains are not included in the service.
 
 
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 2. Access to Domain Names
 All Questel00rbit service contract customers have access to the Domain Name Service, which is available
 in 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.
 
 
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 3. The Search
 The Search Screen
 Wildcard (* and ?) domain name search
 Enter the domain name in this field box.
 Identical Search
 To conduct an identical domain name search, enter the exact domain name without truncation.  Keep in
 mind that the hyphen "-" can be part of a domain name.  Therefore a search on the name "inter-net" will
 not yield "internet.com".  Similarly, the search "internet" will not yield the domain name "inter-net.com".
 Similarity Search
 To conduct a similarity search, use the truncations (wildcards) "*" and "?".  The asterisk "*" replaces an
 unlimited number of characters.  The question mark "?" replaces exactly one character.  You can use
 these 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 at
 least two characters with the truncation "?".
 Examples:
 Searching "alexander*"
 will yield the domain "alexander" and all other domains that
 start with "alexander"
 Searching "*alexander*"
 will yield the domain "alexander" and all other domains that
 contain "alexander"
 Searching "alex*ander"
 will yield the domains that start with "alex" and end with
 
 
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 "ander".
 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 Trademark
 Search
 When you access the search screen by clicking on the link domain n@mes after a trademark search, the
 trademark 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 the
 trademark contains more than one word, an unlimited truncation "*" will be inserted automatically between
 each word.  If the trademark contains characters that are unauthorized for domain name use, they will be
 replaced by an unlimited truncation.
 Specifying an Extension
 If you wish to limit your search to a specific domain name, you only need to enter in the field box
 Wildcard (* and ?) domain name search , the name following the desired domain extension.
 Example: voila.fr
 Without specifying an extension or modifying other criteria, the search will run
 0 On a group of domain names excluding the least pertinent fields when conducting the search online
 0 On generic a selected group of generic domain names and the national domains that correspond to
 the trademark's country (as indicated by the additional TLDs), as in the case of search to complete a
 trademark search (see Appendix on page 19).
 Groups
 To fine tune or enlarge your search, you can make use of three large categories of groups:
 Trade Groups
 These groups divide countries by trade or commercial exchange treaties:
 0 Andean Pact - A group of countries from northeast and South America.
 0 EFTA - the European Free Trade Association, consist of Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and
 Switzerland.
 0 NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement, consists of Canada, Mexico and the United
 States.
 0 Benelux
 0 European Union
 0 Mercosur - consists of countries in the southern tip of South America
 Geographic Groups
 This category includes country groupings based on geographic lines.
 0 The Americas
 0 Asia
 0 Europe
 0 Middle East
 0 Australia and Oceania
 0 Africa
 Other Groups
 This final category consist of two groups:
 0 Generic top Level Domains
 0 Global Top 50 Countries
 
 
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 You can display detailed information on each group by clicking on the name of the group.  To limit your
 search to one or more groups, click on the corresponding radio boxes.
 Other Options
 You may also modify search criteria by using one or more of the following:
 Exclude gTLDs from results
 Click on this option's radio box if you wish to exclude from your results generic domains when you:
 0 Do a total search by default (without selecting groups)
 0 Use the NAFTA group
 Additional TLDs
 Choose this option if you want to:
 0 Add one or more domains to one or more selected groups
 Example: generic + .fr
 0 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 a
 comma.
 Exclude Some Less Relevant TLDs from Results
 Deselect this option if you do not want any restrictions on your total search.
 Search Example
 In the example below, you search French, English and German generic domains, that contain
 "EVASION".
 
 
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 4. Displaying Results
 Showing the Number of Hits
 One you have clicked on the Search  button, the following window will show:
 0 Number of hits
 0 Cost of displaying results
 If you wish to display your results, click on Continue .  An alert message will remind you of the cost.  Click
 OK  to confirm.
 Displaying Domain Names in List Format
 Your results will be displayed by groups of 50 in a list format.  To display the remainder of the list, click on
 the button Next Domains .  If the total number of results is less than 50, the screen will show the entire
 list.
 
 
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 Download Domains
 To display the entire list of domain names or a personalized list, click on the Download Domains  button
 on 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 search
 yielded.  In other words, you can show not only 50 domain names on the screen but also the rest of the
 other domain names that you found.
 The Saved Domains  option lets you create a personal list by choosing certain domain names.
 How this option works:
 0 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.
 0 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 Checked
 Domains for Report is modified and the word "no" is replaced with the number of selected and registered
 documents.
 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 Download
 Domains 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" file
 To display "Whois", which provides "Registry", "Registrar" and domain name owner information, display
 the entire document.
 Example of "Whois":
  Domain 1
 Domain Name
 MONDIAL-EVASION. FR
 Country
 France
 Whois
 Tous droits reserves par copyright.
 Voir http://www.nic.fr/outils/dbcopyright.html
 Rights restricted by copyright.
 See http://www.nic.fr/outils/dbcopyright.html
 domain:      mondial-evasion.fr
 descr:       MONDIAL EVASION
 descr:       19 RUE SAINT JEAN
 descr:       42000 SAINT ETIENNE
 admin-c:     JE58-FRNIC
 tech-c:      NF485-FRNIC
 zone-c:      NFC1-FRNIC
 
 
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 nserver:     ns1.lerelaisinternet.com
 nserver:     ns2.lerelaisinternet.com
 mnt-by:      FR-NIC-MNT
 mnt-lower:   FR-NIC-MNT
 changed:     frnic-dbm-updates@nic.fr 20010521
 source:      FRNIC
 role:        NORDNET France
 address:     Nordnet
 address:     111, rue de Croix
 address:     59510 Hem
 address:     France
 phone:       +33 3 20 66 55 55
 fax-no:      +33 3 20 66 56 69
 e-mail:      tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.com
 admin-c:     ML50-FRNIC
 admin-c:     DU11-FRNIC
 tech-c:      ML50-FRNIC
 tech-c:      DU11-FRNIC
 tech-c:      JG3094-FRNIC
 nic-hdl:     NF485-FRNIC
 notify:      tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.com
 changed:     tech-dom-fr@lerelaisinternet.com 20001212
 source:      FRNIC
 0000/span>
 Web Site Title
 Web Site
 www.mondial-evasion.fr
 Web Site Title
 L'Espagne d茅griff茅e, Mondial 茅vasion votre sp茅cialiste 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 domain
 name.
 To display the entire document, choose among three options:
 0 The Display Document  link
 0 The Get Full Records - All Domains from this Search  option
 0 The Get Full Records - Saved Domains option
 Display Document
 The Display Document  link on the list right above each domain name lets you display complete
 information on those domain names.
 Get Full Records - All Domains from this Search
 Located at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, this button lets you display complete information
 on 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 Domains
 The Saved Domains  option lets you display information on a selection of domain names.
 How to make a selection:
 0 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.
 0 Next, click on Save Checked Domains for Report .
 The message "You currently have no domains saved for reporting" to the right of the Save Checked
 Domains 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 you've made your selection, click on Get Full Records  in the Saved Domains  option.
 
 
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 5. Exporting Results
 You can export your saved results into your hard dark in text or html format.  The export function lets you
 view entire documents.
 To export complete documents that you have viewed, click on the radio buttons of the domains you want
 or choose all the domains by clicking on "Select all domains".  Next, click on the Save as html  or Save as
 text .  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 Search
 You will conduct a trademark search on a mark that is practiced internationally and contains the word
 "adventure."  You will then conclude the search with a domain name search.
 Trademark Search
 You are logged on to
 Questel00rbit via
 trademarkexplorer.com.
 On the Search menu
 page, click on France.
 In the Free search  field
 box, enter "SAUVAGE?"
 and select CL30.
 
 
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 You should get 41 hits.
 On the results page,
 choose to view all the
 hits with the "Display
 results from all
 databases" option.  In the
 Display Format  jump
 menu choose "prime"
 and leave the "with
 image" box unchecked.
 You want to view the
 trademark "Fleur
 Sauvage" which appears
 as the 30th item.
 To check if a domain
 name exists for this
 trademark, click on the
 domain n@mes  link on
 the right side of the
 screen.  This will take us
 to the domain names
 search page.
 
 
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 Domain Name Search
 The trademark name will
 appear on the field box.
 Note that the quotation
 marks before and after
 the trademark name are
 gone.  The space
 between the two words
 has been replaced by an
 unlimited truncation.
 The search has yielded
 two hits.  Should we
 decide to view these hits,
 the cost will be 0.40
 euros.  Until now, the
 search process has been
 free of charge.
 
 
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 Once you click on
 "Continue" the list of
 domain names will
 appear.
 To display all the
 documents, click on
 "Select all domains on
 this page".
 Save the selections by
 clicking on "Save
 Checked Domains for
 Report".
 Next, click on "Get Full
 Records" with the "Saved
 Domains" option to the
 selections.
 
 
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 The screen will show the
 first page of the domain's
 entire document.
 You will find the Whois
 file in the complete
 document.  There are no
 additional charges for
 this display.
 To export into a hard
 disk, choose "Select all
 domains" then click on
 "Save as html".
 Here is the first page,
 called "Domain Report",
 of the exported html file.
 
 
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 7. Appendix
 Domain Extensions
 Trademark
 Group
 Additional TLDs
 Germany
 Generic Top Level Domains
 de
 U.S.
 Generic Top Level Domains
 us
 U.S. Federal
 Generic Top Level Domains
 us
 United Kingdom
 Generic Top Level Domains
 uk
 Austrian
 Generic Top Level Domains
 at
 Benelux
 Generic Top Level Domains
 be, nl, lu
 Canada
 Generic Top Level Domains
 ca
 Denmark
 Generic Top Level Domains
 dk
 Spain
 Generic Top Level Domains
 es
 Finland
 Generic Top Level Domains
 fi
 France
 Generic Top Level Domains
 fr
 Italy
 Generic Top Level Domains
 it
 Liechtenstein
 Generic Top Level Domains
 li
 Mexico
 Generic Top Level Domains
 mx
 Monaco
 Generic Top Level Domains
 mc
 Norway
 Generic Top Level Domains
 no
 Switzerland
 Generic Top Level Domains
 ch
 European Union
 Generic Top Level Domains
 fr, es, uk, pt, ie, it, de at,
 dk, se, fi, gr, be, nl, lu
 International
 Generic Top Level Domains
 
 
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 8. To Contact Us
 PARIS (Headquarters
 )
 4, rue des Colonnes
 75082 Paris Cedex 02, France
 Telephone: +33 (0)1 55 04 52 00
 Customer Service: +33 (0)1 55 04 51 00
 Fax: +33 (0)1 55 04 52 01
 E-mail: clients@questel. fr
 WASHINGTON, D.C.
 8000 Westpark Drive
 McLean, VA 22102, USA
 Telephone: +1 (703) 442-0900
 Help Desk: 800 456 7248 (Toll Free)
 Fax: +1 (703) 893 4632
 E-mail: help@questel.orbit.com
 Other Offices
 Germany:
 0800 1 811 406 (Toll Free)
 Central America:
 +507 226 7617
 Argentina:
 +507 226 7617
 Austria:
 0800 293632 (Toll Free)
 Belgium:
 +32 3254 2490
 Brazil:
 +507 226 7617
 Canada:
 1 514 874 1748
 Colombia:
 +57 4 262 27 00
 Denmark:
 800 18 06 (Toll Free)
 Spain:
 +34 91 443 03 19
 Finland:
 0800 118943 (Toll Free)
 Irland:
 1800 620499 (Toll Free)
 Israel:
 09 8665032
 Italy:
 39 02 670 9699
 Japan:
 81 3 5690 3136
 Mexico:
 +507 226 7617
 Norway:
 800 11584 (Toll Free)
 United Kingdom:
 020 8332 7544
 Russia:
 +7 812 272 4638
 Sweden:
 02 07 93 11 5 (Toll Free)
 Switzerland:
 0800 552 778 (Toll Free)
 Taiwan:
 +886 35 78 49 45
 Venezuela:
 +507 226 7617
 For other countries, please contact the Questel00rbit office nearest you.