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BY EMAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL Name of victim Address of victim Re: Coach, Inc Dear (Victim): This firm is counsel to Coach, Inc. and Coach Services, Inc.(herein collectively referred to as “Coach”), with respect to certain intellectual property matters. Coach is the owner of the federally-registered (sic) “COACH” trademark, among others (the “Coach Trademarks”). It has recently come to our attention that you are illegally offering for sale and selling merchandise bearing counterfeits of the Coach Trademarks (the “Illegal Merchandise”) on eBay.com. Such action is likely to cause confusion and constitutes trademark counterfeiting, infringement and dilution of our client's intellectual property rights. Your conduct violates federal and state trademark laws. As a result, you may be held liable for trademark counterfeiting and infringement. The penalties for such conduct are severe and may include injunctive relief, actual damages, statutory damages of up to $2,000,000 for each trademark that has been counterfeited, costs and attorney fees. Therefore, we demand that you immediately cease and desist from any and all offering for sale, sale, distribution, importation, manufacture, advertisement, promotion and display of the Illegal Merchandise. We also demand that you do the following immediately: 1. Surrender all Illegal Merchandise in your possession, custody or control.We strongly urge you not to contact the supplier of the Illegal Merchandise or take any other action which would interfere with Coach's ability to eliminate Illegal Merchandise from the marketplace and will hold you responsible for your complicity in any such actions to the maximum extent provided by law. Please complete the information below and return it along with the Illegal Merchandise and payment to the undersigned at: Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP, 665 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022. You hereby warrant and represent that: 1. Your eBay.com seller ID is ____________________IN WITNESS WHEREOF, you agree to the forgoing.
Date Please be advices that your failure to respond or to comply with these demands before (insert date) may result in Coach taking legal action to enforce their rights, all of which are hereby expressly reserved. |