Hi there,

Hoping someone can help with some advice, posting this on behalf of a friend here in the UK.

His company held the domain name 'CompanyVideos.com'
Company being their Company name which is also a Trademark in the UK, USA, Europe & Asutrailia.

They were away on a business trip at the time of renewal and unfortunately due to a change of registered address (and problems with 123-Reg) were unable to prevent the domain dropping. So the domain dropped and it was caught, the WhoIS has been privacy protected and there's no contact details available.

The question is, can my friend put in a claim on the basis of the TM being in the domain name? They had previously used the domain as a private FTP area for videos, and were planning on releasing a new site for their videos in the coming months.

Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Greg