namealot

Depends on the name (the classes they have registered) what country the trademark is registered in, The time at which they started trading in relationship to your registration, who owns the other TLD, s among other things

e.g

2370919 Money 18/08/2004 Registered

2498347 MONEY 23/09/2008 Registered

one as text one as image different companies different good services etc in they both could try and go for money .co.uk if the dates were ok chances of winning would be pretty slim but that doesnt mean they don't have trademarks just they are not always what they seam.
You can have the same word trademarked buy a number of different companies it’s the product, service items etc they offer that differentiates them…
Also they issue trademarks very easily in some parts of the world and … Personal experience 80% + of the letters I have received are absolute bull, what,s the name?

Ashton

In my mind domains are only as valuable as what someone will pay for them, this company wants them so they are worth something.

Why not contact them directly and discuss a small settlement to reimburse you for your time? They clearly are very interested in them and an easy small settlement would probably be ideal for them. Failing that just transfer I guess.

Interesting situation, if you could pm me the domains to sate my curiosity I would appreciate it.


Could just be trying to scare you, research into the TM attorney some more, like google "Attorney name +domain +transfer" and see what you find out.

chuckylefrek

Ok I have just found out the other party has an application for a community trademark dated august this year. The "Mark Text" is the same as my domain name without the extension.

I guess that means game over?

Thanks

Paul

Takwa

Well it really depends who did it first, if you had it reg before that TM and they don't own any other tld before you reg, then they have no chance and that's "reverse hijacking"

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retired_member12

Do you have any IP logs from say June onwards?

Ashton

As for the TM after you regged the domain, just look at this:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08..._two_bioshock/

chuckylefrek

Unfortunately they registered the .org.uk before I registered the .com and .co.uk

Out of interest, at what point do I risk being out of pocket? If they want to pursue this, can I hold tight for their next step or will it be too late by then and I will have to incur charges? I guess to obtain the .co.uk they need to file a DRS which I assume costs money. And I guess if they succeed they could ask me to repay these costs in addition to any other costs they have incurred.

Or if they file a DRS, can I simply agree at that stage to hand them over and not be out of pocket?

chuckylefrek

IP logs? Hmm I don't really know what you mean. I guess that probably means no

namealot

they have a trademark ? registerd after your registration of the name but had the other name before you then " ignore reply I sent well parts then ..?"

Takwa

You have a chance as your domain is generic, you seen the Oasis case?
It depends how good is your domain, if it's just cheap then I won't brother fighting.

That's brings up a question, do anyone know if you can buy insurance to cover UDRS case?

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