need an advise

I think I need a trademark lawyer..

[tomasz]

I've just received Fedex from a lawyer representing a known big company asking me to surrender my domain name to them.
I feel like they just pushing me around.
My domain name Word1+ Word2+Word3.com and they are Word1+Word3.com.
I have to say all of three words are common word, not specific.
Also, my site is in different market than they are.

I need to know what chances I have to fight this?
And can you me recommend a trademark lawyer.

[Matt Probert]

Personally, I should brazen it out and tell them to get stuffed. If you enter into a legal battle, they will win because they can afford to spend more than you can, and assuming you are in 'the West' money is what wins civil court cases, not justice.

Matt

[hunderdown]

Would it be a good idea for him to offer to sell the domain name? (Assuming he's willing to, that is)

Even if the Big Company would win, they might be willing to buy to save themselves time and money.

[Kufu]

This generally goes to arbitration, and not a courtroom; the arbiter will decide if they can get the domain or not. It shouldn't cost you more than a few hundred dollars to go through this process.

If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. :)

[tomasz]

Well, up to a thousand I can do but if it gets to 10K, I do not know.