Strategic online brand protection – from proactive monitoring to immediate actions. Regardless of the industry you’re in, your brand is constantly facing threats such as counterfeiting, piracy, and unauthorized distribution. These issues can lead to revenue loss and damage to your brand’s reputation. It is a growing problem with potentially severe consequences for both your company and your customers.

AWA Dotkeeper’s Online Brand Protection program is designed to safeguard your brand’s reputation, intellectual property, and market position.

Why You Need Online Brand Protection:

Online Brand Protection encompasses strategies and technical tools to ensure that your brand’s identity, content, and intellectual assets are not exploited online. Through proactive monitoring, we identify counterfeit or unauthorized products, services, imitation, and other fraud, and take immediate action to address infringements and misuse.

Why Choose AWA | Dotkeeper?

With over 400 in-house IP experts and a strong presence in Europe, Benelux, and Asia, as well as a carefully selected global partner network, AWA | Dotkeeper offers an end-to-end Brand Protection program that manages the entire process. We ensure that your brand is protected every step of the way – from continuous monitoring to effective enforcement actions.


Our end-to-end brand protection program includes:

  • Monitoring: We monitor marketplaces, app stores, global sales platforms, and domains 24/7.
  • Comprehensive enforcement actions: Technical and legal measures worldwide, through a single provider.
  • Documentation: All infringements are documented with screenshots and detailed records for offline enforcement.
  • Tailored solutions: We analyze your brand and/or products to uncover potential IP misuse and tailor a program that effectively secures your brand, revenue, and market presence.
  • Analysis: Intelligent evidence collection ensures that the right countermeasures are used. Access detailed sales reports, transaction information, and company addresses to support any legal proceedings.
  • Automation: Our user-friendly platform allows clients to automate up to 80% of takedown actions, focusing resources on the most damaging cases.
Tailored solutions Tailored solutions that secure your brand, revenue, and market presence.
Extensive expertise 100 years of experience within intellectual property.
Cloud-based A cloud-based platform with a centralized dashboard for seamless management of all Brand Protection activities.

Common Questions

  • What is Online Brand Protection?

    Online Brand Protection is a service that protect brands from digital threats like counterfeiting, infringement, imitation, fraud, and unauthorized distribution through monitoring, investigation, and enforcement actions.

  • Why is it important to protect your brand online?

    Counterfeiting and piracy can damage your brand’s reputation, lead to revenue loss, and jeopardize consumer safety. A strong protection strategy helps companies maintain their reputation and market position.

  • How can AWA | Dotkeeper help my business?

    With an end-to-end solution that includes monitoring, investigation, and legal actions, we protect your brand and act swiftly against all forms of infringement.

Monitoring & Watch

Our services include: Marketplaces: Monitoring popular e-commerce platforms to detect counterfeit or pirated products. Social Media: Identifying brand infringements on social networks and protecting your brand’s presence. App Stores: Scanning app stores to detect unauthorized or malicious apps that exploit your brand. Domains: Identifying and monitoring suspicious domains that could harm your brand. Websites: Monitoring potential threats and infringements on websites, including metadata analysis. Benefits of our Monitoring & Watch Services:

Surveillance & Investigation

Our services include: Online to Offline: In-depth investigations identifying threats to your intellectual property in both the digital and physical worlds. Evidence Reports: We help gather and present evidence of brand infringements, counterfeits, or unauthorized brand use, providing a strong foundation for legal action. Threat Assessments: We identify, assess, and prioritize potential threats to your brand. We help you understand which risks could harm your brand’s reputation, intellectual property, and business operations, and develop strategies to protect it. Benefits of our Surveillance & Investigation services:

Enforcement & Legal

Our services include: Takedown: Removal of websites or content that infringe on your rights. Domain Name Dispute (UDRP): An effective legal procedure for handling domain name disputes, especially those registered in bad faith. We assist in reclaiming illegally used domain names. Search Engine De-listing: Removing harmful links and content from search engine results to reduce the spread of false information and counterfeit products. Customs and Administrative Enforcement: Collaborating with customs authorities to stop the import and export of counterfeit or unauthorized products, controlling the physical distribution of goods that infringe on brand rights. Civil and Criminal Litigation: We establish frameworks to address and deter illegal use of your brand online. Common actions include seeking damages and more aggressive measures to stop ongoing misuse and prevent future infringements. Benefits of our Enforcement & Legal Services: In summary, we provide legal and strategic services for managing customs seizures, coordinating and executing legal proceedings, advising on marketing law, licensing and distributor agreements, and developing strategies to handle infringements.