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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
i have a domain of a singers name, his lawyer has contacted me and said if i don't hand it over they will get ICANN to take the domain from me. however since i have had this domain registered for 4 years. i believe he has only registered his name as a trademark some time in the past 2 years. does this mean that since i had the name before he registered his, they can't take the name from me? is there a database online or some way i can find out for sure when it was registered. thanks
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you can start your due diligence at uspto.gov and check the trademark db. if you post the domain in question, that would be helpful. your best hope is that the name is common and you are not using it for music related or whatever categories their mark is in.