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Trademark rights arise from use, not from registration.
Of course, their case would be easier if they had registered rights that predated your domain registration. Nevertheless, they could still have common law rights that began accruing when they first used the trademark in commerce.
If their common law rights predate your registration of the domain, then they may have you over a barrel.
Naturally, it gets more complex than this -- but the bottom line is this: Don't think you have a slam dunk defense just because the date of registration of your domain is earlier than the date they registered their trademark.
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Marc J. Randazza The Legal Satyricon
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