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by DanBC 4803 days ago
The hyperbole and tone of the article is difficult to read through.

Have you thought about writing a simple letter to the solicitors saying something like "Hello, you sent us a letter. Would you like to review our webpage here to see if we actually are infringing on your client's trademark? We seem to have been caught in some automatic system."

Be careful about 'no legal reason to take down an url' - there are a few. DMCA requests, anti-deeplinking causes in ToS / AUP, etc etc. See the Shetland Times vs Shetland News.

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DCMA request in the UK???
It only needs the host, registrar etc to be hosted in USA. In this particular case their domain is registered at safenames which have a US location: http://www.safenames.net/AboutUs/Locations.aspx