Is it common to register the web address or its plural version as well when filing for a trademark?
When registering a trademark for a company name, it is common to also consider protecting the company’s web address if it includes the company name followed by “.com” or another generic top-level domain (gTLD). The Trademark Office generally does not view the “.com” part as identifying the source of goods and services, so it is not automatically considered part of a company’s name. Therefore, an online business that primarily identifies itself by its website name may choose to only register the domain name.
Even if the domain name is not registered separately as a trademark, a registered trademark can still help prevent cybersquatting and the use of confusingly similar domain names. In the United States, additional rights and remedies are provided to holders of registered trademarks through the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act and the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Process.