Yahoo sent the paperwork to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark on the domain name Y.com.


Search Engine Round Table (SER) points out that Yahoo has sent the paperwork to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark on the domain name Y.com. This filing was made on August 22, 2005.

Gary Price at SEW points out that Yahoo also filed for the mark on the oval and exclamation point logo three days after filing for Y.com.

IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, does not allow one letter domain names but Yahoo is said to have applied for it.

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