Trademark Infringement Cease and Desist Letter

By | November 17, 2011

I am the __(insert your position)__ of __(insert your company name)­­___.  We are the owner of the registered trademark ___(insert trademark)___, __(insert registration number), and the URL (insert URL if applicable).  For your reference we have attached a copy of the Registration Certificate to this letter.

It has recently come to our attention that your company is (describe what the offending company is doing. E.g. attempting to sell the URL __________ which is deceptively close to our own; operating the URL __________________ which is confusing similar to our own, etc.).

We assume that you may have been unaware of our use and ownership of the mark “_______________.”  For the past ________ years, however, our company has spent considerable sums building the reputation of the __(insert trademark name) mark.  Due to our longstanding use, marketing and promotion efforts, the ______________ mark has become well known; thus it is an asset of substantial value to us.  Your (sale / operation) of the URL _____________  may violate the Trademark CyberPiracy Prevention Act.   Furthermore, the similarity between our URLs is likely to cause confusion between our companies and constitutes trademark infringement in violation of the federal trademark and dilution laws.

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