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BRISK · 04-22-2004, 02:34 AM

What would happen in this scenario:

I buy a one word domain in 1999. At that time nobody holds a trademark for that word. Now five years later in 2004, a new start-up company gets a trademark for that specific word. I've never used the domain for anything, can they now force me (legally) to hand over the domain even though I owned it years before they even had a trademark on the word?

04-22-2004, 02:34 AM
BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Domains and trademark question What would happen in this scenario: I buy a one word domain in 1999. At that time nobody holds a trademark for that word. Now five years later in 2004, a new start-up company gets a trademark for that specific word. I've never used the domain for anything, can they now force me (legally) to hand over the domain even though I owned it years before they even had a trademark on the word? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.