Urgent Help Needed: TM Issue on europeanunion.it

[Aqua84]

Hi Guys,

I recently registered europeanunion.it through GoDaddy. I am not aware that european union is a trademark, may be ignorance on my part, however I recieved this email below:

I am not sure as to the reality of this as I reserched the company in question and could find nothing.

I look forward to your assistance and feedback.

Regards

Warrick

Dear Fish e Marketing (Pty) Ltd,

Please review and respond to the below notice from your Proxy Admin contact regarding domain EUROPEANUNION.IT.

You may also wish to review section 41) Provisions Specific to .IT Registrants of the Go Daddy Domain Name Registration Agreement at the following link. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_...ageid=REG%5FSA

Regards,
Domain Services
GoDaddy.com, Inc.


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: europeanunion.it
> From: "Privacy Protection Service Ltd."
> <mail@privacy-protection-service.com>
> Date: Thu, July 07, 2011 6:13 am
> To: <cctldhelp@godaddy.com>
> Cc: "PPS Ltd." <trustee@privacy-protection-service.com>
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> -
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> europeanunion.it
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> -
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>
>
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
>
>
> the above domain name is currently using our local presence service in
> order to comply with the .IT Registry's terms and conditions. Registro
> .it the .IT
> - Registry, requires that the registrant of the domain as well as the
> Admin Contact has to have a place of general jurisdiction within
> Europe. Thus, Privacy Protection Service Ltd. is the Registrant and
> also provides the Admin-C for the above domain.
>
>
>
> The domain name that has been registered on your behalf potentially
> infringes upon third parties' rights (trademark rights / right to a name).
>
>
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> In order to ensure that there is no infringement of applicable laws
> caused by the registration of the domain name and the services or
> contents offered there under, we would like to verify that you are
> entitled to use the domain name you have registered.
>
>
>
> Besides this, an infringement through the registration and/or use of
> the domain names would constitute a breach of the Registration
> Agreement as the domain owner is responsible for ensuring that the
> registered domain names do not infringe upon third parties' rights.
>
>
>
> Therefore we ask you to comment on the above circumstances and to
> provide us with a written form, by the trademark / nameowner, that
> entitles you to use the domain name and the content, offered there
> under,
>
> by:
>
>
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> July 11, 2010, 12:00 CET.
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>
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> Should there be no sufficient response by the deadline, we reserve to
> have the domain name stopped from resolving via the domain name system
> (DNS) and / or have it deleted in accordance with the Registration Agreement.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Privacy Protection Service Ltd, Support Team
>
>
>
> .................................................. ...........
>
>
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> Please pass on this message to the registrant
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> PRIVACY PROTECTION SERVICE LTD
>
> Junkerstr. 21,
>
> 53177 Bonn
>
> Email: trustee@privacy-protection-service.com
>
> Tel.: +49 (0)228- 85429451

[actnow]

It looks like a 2 part attack.

First, they are going to enforce residency requirement.

"Registry, requires that the registrant of the domain as well as the
Admin Contact has to have a place of general jurisdiction within Europe."

And, the second point is having the right to use the TM term.

If you fail step #1, they got you.

[Aqua84]

Thanks for the response actnow.

One question: Do you know if "European Union" is a trademark ?

What steps would you reccommend from my side ?

Thanks in advance.

[katherine]

Re 2. they said: potentially.
It could depend on how the domain used.
But you need to be EU resident in order to hold .it domains.