I realize that this is probably off topic and there is probably nothing I can do at this point, but I have been impressed with the knowledge base here and am curious if anyone has any advice to save me from my own stupidity. I just got a letter today from a lawyer's office notifying me they represented <the name of my company> and are changing the name server next week (basically "pack up your bags and vacate the premises). Although it is a small company, this is my primary domain name and I have about 50 domains and websites registered under it. It seems I was stupid and let my business name run out with the state. They signed up as exactly the same business name and got NetSol to change all the contact information to them. The other company has been bitter ever since 1996 when I started a little company to pay for the books learning about the internet. They registered <the name of my company>.net and later prohosting.com and accused me of stealing their idea. The company registered a service mark (with a retroactive date) after I already had a web site up. They haven't been able to affect me until now because the date the trademark was registered was after the domain name was registered. But now the whois shows them as the owners with a creation date of 20-Mar-1996, the date I set it up. Any suggestions or am I out of luck. Thanks, Keith
