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Choosing to trademark a domain name can save you significant frustration. If you have a Web site and want to protect the name of your company, products or services that you use in the URL, you should consider filing to trademark a domain name to prevent someone from damaging the primary Internet storefront for your business. The rise of the Internet has created a new, digital frontier for trademark law, and the courts have set some precedent for protecting trademark domain names. The Gerben Law Firm can help you trademark a domain name for your company to capitalize on those protections.
Congress and U.S. courts have moved to clarify the protection of the domain name of a trademark. During a free consultation that Gerben Law Firm offers to new clients, trademark attorney Josh Gerben can explain the dangers of using the domain name without defending the domain name with a trademark registration. For some, safeguarding a Web site might require filing to trademark a domain name that is separate from the trademark of the company name.
As law related to trademark domain names evolves, Gerben Law Firm can explain what you need to do to trademark a domain name and why that step is critical to your business. We want you to enter the trademark application process with the information you need to adequately protect your business. In addition to explaining what you need to know about filing to trademark domain names, we will conduct thorough searches to maximize your chances of successfully filing to trademark a domain name.
Many business owners ask, "Why should I pay to trademark my domain name and the name of my company, goods or products?" One reason to trademark a domain name is to ensure customers find your business. For example, let's say you have a Web site named FindSafeBanks.com, and it starts to draw significant traffic. If you don't file to trademark the domain name, someone could try to steal your visitors -- and potential customers -- with a Web site called FinSafeBanks.com. With Gerben Law Firm's assistance, you also can more easily settle disputes if you hold the trademark of a domain name.
When you start the process to protect trademark domain names, you should realize that you must pay a USPTO fee for each application that you file. USPTO charges $325 per class for each filing fee, including for the trademark of a domain name, and Gerben Law Firm can make sure your application for each trademark has the best chance of passing USPTO's review process.
The Gerben Law Firm offers comprehensive and basic searches that can reveal obstacles to your attempt to trademark a domain name. We will search federal databases for similar and identical names, then present the results for you. Trademark attorney Josh Gerben will review those results and advise you about the likelihood that USPTO could object to your trademark domain names.
With our comprehensive search, we will scour commercial sources for similar names. You need to be aware of existing Web site names -- even by companies that have not filed to trademark a domain name. You could infringe on a company's domain name if it meets several criteria established in legislation and court rulings. Gerben Law Firm can identify problems that could arise from companies that have not yet tried to protect the name of their domains by filing to trademark a domain name.
With this information, you'll realize that another answer to the question, "Why should I trademark my domain name?" is that trademark law is complex, especially when it pertains to Internet commerce. To best protect your business, you need to protect every asset. For your Internet presence, you should trademark domain names to prevent potentially embarrassing situations, such as would-be customers going to a competitors' site if they mistype your URL. Your battle to protect your domain name would be a lot easier if you have successfully filed to trademark a domain name.
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