> They reached out to me wanting a "Consent and Coexistence Agreement", I told them not for free, to which they never responded with an offer.
Man, imagine if you had asked for a thousand euros as consideration.
Man, imagine if you had asked for a thousand euros as consideration.
> I'm not an expert, but that sounds like a bad deal to me and substantially weakens the mark.
Well, the alternative (in hindsight, admittedly) is losing it entirely?
Not just that, you will also have to solve the mystery of how a one time payment is supposed to strengthen your trademark in the long run.