BillyS - 12:14 pm on Mar 15, 2008 (gmt 0)

Interesting post, I just applied for a service mark / trademark.

I had always shown a TM next to the domain name, because as I understand it this demonstrates a "claim" to the name. More recently (as traffic took off) the domain became more important to me.

So my progression moved from:

- Obtained domain name
- Started LLC using the same domain name (Domain Name, LLC) - to help protect my domain name.
- Registered as an Online Service Provider with the US Copyright office - to help protect my content.
- Patent and Trademarks - applied for a trademark to protect my domain name.