ARCCLOUD
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Hello all,
I purchased a domain during the GPT domain gold rush, let's call it SELECTGPT.com (not the actual name). SELECT is a generic term and not trademarked. After I acquired the domain, a small tech company I'd never heard of filed a trademark for the term "SELECTGPT", which they are not currently using per their USPTO application. They filed their trademark application a month after I'd purchased the domain.
I should note that their company name doesn't include the word "SELECT". I stumbled across this information while browsing USPTO, and it caught me by surprise as I had no prior knowledge of this before my purchase.
Considering the circumstances, I looked into the possibility of reverse domain name hijacking, but the success rate seems to be quite low. I reached out to the company two weeks ago with an offer to sell the domain but haven't received a response yet. It was just a general email with no sales figure intending to sell.
Could you kindly provide some insight on this situation?
I purchased a domain during the GPT domain gold rush, let's call it SELECTGPT.com (not the actual name). SELECT is a generic term and not trademarked. After I acquired the domain, a small tech company I'd never heard of filed a trademark for the term "SELECTGPT", which they are not currently using per their USPTO application. They filed their trademark application a month after I'd purchased the domain.
I should note that their company name doesn't include the word "SELECT". I stumbled across this information while browsing USPTO, and it caught me by surprise as I had no prior knowledge of this before my purchase.
Considering the circumstances, I looked into the possibility of reverse domain name hijacking, but the success rate seems to be quite low. I reached out to the company two weeks ago with an offer to sell the domain but haven't received a response yet. It was just a general email with no sales figure intending to sell.
Could you kindly provide some insight on this situation?
- What should I anticipate if their trademark application is successful and I still hold the domain?
- Should I continue to pursue the sale now, or might that be seen as evidence of bad faith?
- Does anyone have any advice for how to navigate this, especially with the context that I had the domain before their trademark application?
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