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What is News-Blazer? News-Blazer provides trademark infringement monitoring,
brand name infringement monitoring, and copyright
infringement monitoring. Using News-Blazer, you can keep track of
how and where your trademarks are being used on the Internet. If necessary,
News-Blazer allows you to take action against domain owners who are
violating your rights or abusing your trademark.
Setting Up News-Blazer
News-Blazer makes trademark infringement monitoring, brand name
infringement monitoring, and copyright infringement monitoring easy.
You can set up and configure your News-Blazer account using the
News-Blazer Account Management page.
To Set Up a
News-Blazer Account
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Log in to your
Account Manager.
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From the Other Stuff menu,
click News-Blazer Accounts.
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Click the Set up New Account
hyperlink.
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From the Set up News-Blazer
panel, select the News-Blazer account you want to set up.
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Click Activate Account.
The Welcome to News-Blazer page displays.
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Click Set Up Account.
The News-Blazer End User License Agreement displays.
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Click Accept.
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On the Define Brand Keywords and Contact
Information page, complete the fields by specifying the key
words you want to monitor and entering your company and personal
information.
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Click Confirm.
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Review your information, and then click
Save.
News-Blazer scans the Internet for sites that
match your criteria. It sends you an email message once it has
completed searching. Follow the instructions in your email message
to log in to News-Blazer and review your results.
Viewing Your News-Blazer Results
Results of the trademark infringement monitoring,
brand name infringement monitoring, and copyright infringement
monitoring can be viewed very easily using News-Blazer reports.
Your News-Blazer report lists all your News-Blazer
incidents, including details and status in one, central location.
To Open Your
News-Blazer Report
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Log in to your
Account Manager.
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From the Other Stuff menu,
click News-Blazer Accounts.
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Click the Launch hyperlink that
is next to the account you want to review.
The Activity Overview displays. It is a summary of your latest
News-Blazer activity.
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Click the Home button.
This is your News-Blazer report.
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Click an incident number to view details about a
Web site listed in the report.
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By default, incidents are listed by rank. The
higher the rank, the higher the supposed severity of the
infringement(s). Click a column header to change the sorting order
of the listed incidents.
Notifying Possible Trademark Violators
You can use News-Blazer to take action against
domain owners that you believe are abusing your brand name or infringing on
your trademark.
To Take Action
Against Possible Trademark Violators
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Log in to your
Account Manager.
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From the Other Stuff menu,
click News-Blazer Accounts.
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Click the Launch hyperlink that
is next to the account you want to review.
The Activity Overview displays. It is a summary of your latest
News-Blazer activity.
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Click the Home button.
This is your News-Blazer report.
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Click the incident number of the Web site in
question.
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On the Incident Details page,
click Contact Domain Owner.
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If you've taken the steps on this page to verify
that your brand is being misused, click I Agree.
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Select the template you want to use to contact
the domain owner.
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In the lower-right corner of the page, click
Preview Letter.
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Click Send Letter.
Once you send an email massage to a domain owner,
News-Blazer records this action on the Incident Details page. Here,
you can track all information related to a particular incident.
Adding More Keywords to Your News-Blazer
Account
Trademark infringement monitoring, brand name
infringement monitoring, and copyright infringement monitoring has
never been easy until News-Blazer. If necessary, you can add additional keywords to
your News-Blazer account. Additional keywords allow you to search for
different variations of your brand name, other brand names
associated with your company, or trademarks.
To add keywords to your News-Blazer account, you
first need to purchase additional keyword credits. You can purchase
additional keywords from within your News-Blazer management page.
To Add More
Keywords to Your News-Blazer Account
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Log in to your
Account Manager.
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From the Other Stuff menu,
click News-Blazer Accounts.
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Click the Launch hyperlink for
the account you want to add words to.
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Click the Options button.
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Click Add Keyword.
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Type the key word.
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When you are finished, click Save
Options.
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