[t312227]

idk / imho ...

in case: be open selling your domain? just as one possibility to avoid lengthy legal disputes / costly interactions with lawyers!?

you mentioned above, you are "from a poor country" ... several k or even some 2 digit k of us$ / euro - depending on the actual name - might be a decent pain-compensation for "loosing" your domain and carry you further in your country than a stupid personal domain with nice email-addresses attached to it ;))

[jsnell]

Do not do what this poster advises.

Offering to sell the domain will probably count as evidence that you've registered it in bad faith rather, and make it easier for a trademark owner to win a dispute.

[roxgib]

I would hope that if domain matches your legal name, that should be sufficient evidence that you registered it in good faith. Anyway, I don't think the above poster was suggesting advertising it for sale, just that if someone reached out wanting to buy it that OP should seriously consider the offer.

[somehnguy]

Your advice in how to protect their domain name is be willing to sell it and don’t bother putting up a fight…?

[nubinetwork]

When it comes to registered trademarks, yes. I can't call myself Coke or Pepsi either.

Don't confront them to offer them anything, let them come to you.

[diogocp]

If your name is John Pepper and you happen to be a doctor, you can certainly call yourself Dr Pepper.

[supermatt]

You CAN call yourself Coke, Pepsi, or whatever you like. What you cant do is cause confusion with other uses of the mark.

Trademarks dont mean you own a word, they mean that the use of that word is to be protected from passing-off/impersonation (intentional or otherwise).

So by all means call yourself Coke - just dont market yourself as a soft-drink (or whatever other categories the mark is held and/or defended in).

[somehnguy]

No offense but I think that is terrible advice. Basically ‘bend over for any corporation immediately’.

If the person holds an asset and isn’t doing anything malicious with it there is zero reason they should be forced to give it up just because some corporation wants it.

[cr3ative]

They've clearly stated it's a name. You can't make a company, copyright a name, and then attempt to claim all rights to it. See gail.com, nissan.com above.