Interesting Fedex I got today...

[Monolith]

I snapped the domain "relacore-for-stress-relief.com" at the end of December (it had a bit of traffic). On January 23rd, i got a letter in the mail asking me to hand over the domain because "Relacore" is trademarked.

Included with the letter was a photocopy of the US patent office registration for the relacore trademark. Interestingly, it's listed as having been registered on January 10th, 2006... 15 days after i registered the domain in question.

So, my question is this: Are trademarks retroactive? Whether or not they are, any suggestions as to what i should do?

The letter was rather amicable, and included a form for me to sign and return which states i wont be held liable for any damages if the name is turned over within 10 days.

 

[DNQuest.com]

Labrocca, that is why I finally decided to share that tidbit with you. But if you do a search here for "celebrities" or "fansites", you will see the numerous times I have helped out people showing the correct way to own certain domains. I even made list of do's and don'ts when owning such names. I do have several domains I run under "fair use", but the difference bewtween me and many other people is that I actually use them in good faith and not just saying it to hopefully get money from the TM. Most people tend to lean towards the latter.

 

[Monolith]

Just hand over, no one will type in that domain, honestly.

Yeah... hoping people were going to type in the domain wasnt the point.