How to Get Trademark Rights to a Domain Name (Score 1)

There are really only three ways to gain trademark rights to a domain name:

(1) Actual use of the domain name in commerce in connection with the provision of goods and/or services. This would involve, for example, putting your domain name in your company logo, and actually providing goods or services to the consuming public under that logo.

(2) Getting a trademark registration for your domain name.

(3) Having another company transfer their trademark rights to the domain name to you.

I note that simply owning a domain name, without actually using it as a trademark in connection with legitimate business activities, does not give you any trademark rights to the domain name. This is a common misconception.