Send out a Cease & Desist Letter...?
 

I currently have a pending trademark for one of my domains and I noticed that another site purchased my .net and .org (yeah i know stupid me, forgot to register). Anyway my sites be active and operating long before the .net and .org purchase by the other party and they're pretty much just redirecting to there own competing site... so should I just go ahead and get a lawyer to send out the cease & desist letter or can I do it myself since I have a pending trademark...?

thanks in advance

redireect to http://www.ratemybutt.com/ right?

You can send a cease and desist yourself

As you said yourself the registration is pending... my guess is that you have no specific right to use a name as of now

Once your TM is approved it should be a clear cut case.
WG

yes and no... a mark unregistered / pending can bare the TM symbol until fully registered R... regard if i had a pending or not, its clear that domain was purchased and used by my company first. I can dispute it was ICANN if it comes to that and win. I myself have been sent a c&d from another company they didn't have a trademark, but was first to use the mark and have proof... in the end icann made me give up the domain.

juicy, yes thats the site.

TMs take a long time to become fully approved... nothing i can do now? If not i'll just wait out the 8+ mons, my last TM took almost a year.