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Question: I have registered my business name as a domain name. Is that enough to protect my company’s trademark?
Answer: Simply registering a domain name or your company name does not provide you with trademark protection.
Even though your trademark and your domain name may be the same word or phrase, it’s important to understand that they are completely different things.
A domain name might be most simply described as an internet network address that is readable in human language. An available domain name can be obtained on a first-come, first-served basis, with relative ease via payment and registration of the name with a domain name register.
Generally, there are very few requirements to obtain/maintain a domain name, and there is no examination process, for example, to evaluate confusion with other domain names.
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