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Hi,
- I own a generic domain since 2006. lets call it 123.com.
- On Nov 2011 someone registered the word mark 123 and started a company by that name.
- On Dec 2011 I moved 123.com from a parking page and built a simple website for it. My move had nothing to do with his TM registration. I just built a few simple websites for my generic domains to protect them from UDRP etc.
The 123 TM owner approached me a few weeks ago about buying it, I answered that we have plans to develop but may consider selling if the right offer comes along. We had some emails exchanged, he offered a low price and it didn't go anywhere.
Today he sent me an email threatening to file a UDRP complaint and said that if I want to avoid it, I can sell them the domain at a pretty low price.
Although I'm not using the domain in bad faith (my site is not related to his 123 service), and the domain wasn't registered in bad faith (I own it long before he registered the TM), he claims that since I changed the domain content after they registered their TM, this shows bad faith infringement.
So... does he have a point?
Thanks!
- I own a generic domain since 2006. lets call it 123.com.
- On Nov 2011 someone registered the word mark 123 and started a company by that name.
- On Dec 2011 I moved 123.com from a parking page and built a simple website for it. My move had nothing to do with his TM registration. I just built a few simple websites for my generic domains to protect them from UDRP etc.
The 123 TM owner approached me a few weeks ago about buying it, I answered that we have plans to develop but may consider selling if the right offer comes along. We had some emails exchanged, he offered a low price and it didn't go anywhere.
Today he sent me an email threatening to file a UDRP complaint and said that if I want to avoid it, I can sell them the domain at a pretty low price.
Although I'm not using the domain in bad faith (my site is not related to his 123 service), and the domain wasn't registered in bad faith (I own it long before he registered the TM), he claims that since I changed the domain content after they registered their TM, this shows bad faith infringement.
So... does he have a point?
Thanks!