IanTurner - 1:30 pm on Mar 3, 2009 (gmt 0)

1. They should have no rights to take the name away from you as you owned it prior to them registering the trademark. (Disclaimer: this is not legal advice as I don't know where you are situated, laws vary between countries.)

2. Yes, they could prosecute if you used the name to host a site in direct competition to them. This would be infinging their trademark. It would have been different if you had been hosting a website in their field prior to them registering the trademark - you would need to contact the Trademark office and object to their trademark.

3. Negotiation