September 2002

Proactively Secure Your Brands

with QuestelOrbit
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:
The Sub-domain is the component that the owner can create to identify a company, service or
activity.
Examples: voila
nice-aeroport
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:
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 ( ), 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)
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)
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 QuestelOrbit 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
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 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:
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 Groups
This category includes country groupings based on geographic lines.
The Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Australia and Oceania
Africa
Other Groups
This final category consist of two groups:
Generic top Level Domains
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 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 TLDs
Choose 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 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:
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. 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:
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 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
/
Web Site Title
Web 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 domain
name.
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 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:
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 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 youve 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
QuestelOrbit 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 30
th
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 domains
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 QuestelOrbit office nearest you.