Trademark For Domain Name. It is possible to trademark a domain name if the domain name is used as a trademark. This can be valuable for online entities because while domain names are protected against theft and cybersquatting a domain name that is a registered trademark would also receive powerful federal trademark protection.
To complete the registration process you have to actually be using the domain name on a website. A domain name which satisfies the registrability requirements of the Trademarks Act and is used as a trademark may be protected as a trademark. Names that identify products or services in the marketplace are trademarks.
It is possible to trademark a domain name if the domain name is used as a trademark.
Names that identify products or services in the marketplace are trademarks. A trade mark is used to differentiate your business from your competitors. If both the domain name holder and the challenger had trademarks on the name which is permitted under trademark law then the domain name was awarded to the existing holder of the domain name. It is limited to direct matches phonetically similar similar in terms of translation or appearance by way of design.