If I want to trademark my business name do I also have to separately trademark the .com associated with it? ?

For example, say someone wants to trademark “whatever”. The person also has a domain name of whatever.com, lets assume that you can trademark the word “whatever”. Can both of these things to filed on same application, or is it separate?

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Coming Out and Coming Clean

Whether you’re Barack Obama or the Associated Press, this week has been about cleaning out the proverbial skeletons in the closet. Obama launched a website called Fight the Smears (.com) in which he debunks and clarifies false rumors about himself and his family. The Associated Press is bringing legal action against bloggers for using too much of the AP’s content in their blogs. Also, ClevelandSEO.com points to The Karcher Group as a good case study for domain name changes; The Karcher Group has been blogging in detail the trials and tribulations associated with transferring their domain name to TKG.com.

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