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Last updated March 14, 2009

History and Parties

Concise paragraphs stating historically what has happened.
These statements are the ones we used when we sued Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts & Sevenarts:

Background

Karen and Michael run a home-based business under the name Tabber's Temptations. The business was named after a family cat, Tabitha. Karen and Michael sell collectibles and fabric and also make and sell hand-made collectible fabric crafts, such as aprons, blankets, pot holders, and placemats.
Karen and Michael sell these items through their website, www.tabberone.com, and through eBay auctions using the eBay selling ID of Tabberone.
eBay is a popular Internet auction site accessible at http://www.ebay.com/. The eBay site allows users to post items for sale, on which other users may place bids. When the time allotted for the auction is complete, the site informs the highest bidder that he or she has “won” the auction, and informs the seller of the identity and contact information of the highest bidder. eBay also allows sellers to list items for sale in their “eBay Store” which .......
Etc, etc, etc.
This is an exmple only. You will have to provide the wording that applies to your situation. Do not copy and use as you will be wrong.

You have to understand that the court doesn't know you from Adam. The court must be told everything that happened, in what order it happened, when it happened, by whom, and what consequences there were from the acts. Don't submit lengthy papers to the court with the expectation the court will take the time to read them. The court won't because the court simply doesn't have the time. You must present your arguments and point to specific proof to authenticate what you have said. Look at the court as a couch potato that wants to be entertained by you telling it a story while holding the proof in your hands.

PARTIES
Plaintiffs Karen Dudnikov and her husband, Michael Meadors, are Colorado citizens who run an unincorporated business out of their home under the name of Tabber's Temptations. Karen and Michael make and sell collectibles, fabric and hand-made fabric crafts, such as aprons, blankets, pot holders, and placemats.
Sevenarts Ltd is a British corporation with principal place of business at Grosvenor Gallery, 37 Albermarle Street, London. Upon information and belief, this defendant is the owner of certain copyright and trademark rights concerning the artist Erte.
Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts, Inc., is a Delaware corporation with its principle place of business at 55 Old Post Road, #2, Greenwich, CT 06830-6200. Upon information and belief, this defendant is an agent and representative for Sevenarts, Ltd, and in that capacity, issued the Notice Of Claimed Infringement against the Plaintiffs.
This is an exmple only. You will have to state what applies to your situation. Do not copy and use as you will be wrong.

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