first, you need a lawyer, of course.
there is no minute to loose, you need it today.
don't do anything else before.
i can recommend http://johnberryhill.com/ but he
is likely overworked.
who knows good domain lawyers ?
kind regards philippe, http://keepyourdomains.com
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>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
