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					Originally Posted by mineistaken  Ridiculous. In that case people would register trademarks in order to rip off the good domains. You see a great domain, see that no trademark, register a business and trademark and get the domain?That does not make any sense.
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 You cant just register a trademark. You have to actually be using the mark in commerce.
Many of the decisions they make are bullshit. 

 But in the op's case, since they were trying to negotiate, providing they take it to WIPO, he might have a reverse domain hijacking case.