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Interesting email this morning! Been contacted by a company claiming the domain I recently caught is theirs, and due to a technical error on their system, they failed to renew it.
They are being courteous about it so far (as they should), stating their claim, their trademarks (valid) and their ownership of all other extensions.
They've said they'd like to come to a "mutual resolution" otherwise they'll go down the DRS route. Whilst the domain is worth very little (certainly more than my time), the principle is that I registered the domain fairly and haven't done anything with it that would damage their trademark/name. Though I have promoted the name to a few companies (seemingly theirs included) as for sale, but I believe this isn't a breach of any Nominet terms of ownership.
If I start asking for money less than the DRS value, will they use this as evidence? Am I best asking them what they suggest is fair?
I won't mention the domain name for obvious reasons and would respect you guys to avoid doing so too, but what should I do.
They are being courteous about it so far (as they should), stating their claim, their trademarks (valid) and their ownership of all other extensions.
They've said they'd like to come to a "mutual resolution" otherwise they'll go down the DRS route. Whilst the domain is worth very little (certainly more than my time), the principle is that I registered the domain fairly and haven't done anything with it that would damage their trademark/name. Though I have promoted the name to a few companies (seemingly theirs included) as for sale, but I believe this isn't a breach of any Nominet terms of ownership.
If I start asking for money less than the DRS value, will they use this as evidence? Am I best asking them what they suggest is fair?
I won't mention the domain name for obvious reasons and would respect you guys to avoid doing so too, but what should I do.