I have one TM, shoud I get a second on the name?

[domain_investor]

I own a website/domain name we'll call FlexWidget.com, for this discussion. It's a blog about Flex Widgets, and I own a trademark for "FLEXWIDGET" in class 35 so I can sell goods like shirts, mugs, etc, with the mark "FlexWidget" on them. The blog has been in existence for a year.

Thinking the domain name is extremely valuable because Flex Widgets will become extremely popular in the future, I am wondering if I should protect the name further by filing for another trademark in a different class for "news and information about Flex Widgets".

(I also own almost all of the major tld's for FlexWidget)

Since I've been doing this website for a year, and I have the trademark for the goods using the mark, should I even worry about getting a trademark for running an information site with the name?

If I got the mark for an information site, could I actually stop someone from starting a site FLEXWIDGET.tld (tld that I don't have)? Can I stop them anyway since I have the other trademark already?

In other words, should I spend the $300 on the new trademark given the above, and considering the domain name(s) will be worth high xx,xxx to low xxx,xxx.

 

[seanboy]

You might as well protect your intellectual property, it can't hurt, but I'm not a lawyer either.

 

[domain_investor]

Can I lawyer tell me the best class to register a blog/informational website under, if they suggest I do that?