I absolutely don't think it should work that way, and I don't know if there's a case in which it has worked that way - but I've heard that from enough legit law

I absolutely don't think it should work that way, and I don't know if there's a case in which it has worked that way - but I've heard that from enough legit lawyers that I personally would weigh the cost of losing a trademark into whether or not my lawyers had my blessing in sending a cease-and-desist.