Hello,
First time facing such an issue so need inputs. I registered the name first & later came to know about TM issue.
Hand Registered a name which was trademarked by another company in 2016. Domain History Sequence:
Aug 2016: Trademark registered & company registered the domain
Aug 2017: Trademark still registered but company Dropped Domain
Aug 2017: Domain registered by another company
Aug 2018: Domain Dropped Again
Feb 2019: Domain registered again
Feb 2019: Domain Dropped again (within 5 days, so I guess someone used Grace Delete option)
Oct 2020: Domain registered by me
Trademark is registered to this day but domain was essentially available for Hand reg for last 2 years (approx).
So should I sell domain for throwaway price (that's what they want) or do I stand a decent chance to defend ownership since they didn't registered the name for last 2 years even when it was available?
Experts please Chime in!
First time facing such an issue so need inputs. I registered the name first & later came to know about TM issue.
Hand Registered a name which was trademarked by another company in 2016. Domain History Sequence:
Aug 2016: Trademark registered & company registered the domain
Aug 2017: Trademark still registered but company Dropped Domain
Aug 2017: Domain registered by another company
Aug 2018: Domain Dropped Again
Feb 2019: Domain registered again
Feb 2019: Domain Dropped again (within 5 days, so I guess someone used Grace Delete option)
Oct 2020: Domain registered by me
Trademark is registered to this day but domain was essentially available for Hand reg for last 2 years (approx).
So should I sell domain for throwaway price (that's what they want) or do I stand a decent chance to defend ownership since they didn't registered the name for last 2 years even when it was available?
Experts please Chime in!