trademark-cease-desist

name	trademark-cease-desist
title	Trademark Cease-and-Desist Letter
description	Drafts U.S. trademark cease-and-desist letters asserting ownership, documenting infringement, and issuing cure demands with deadlines. Trigger when the user needs a cease-and-desist letter, trademark infringement notice, brand enforcement demand, Lanham Act notice, or a demand to stop use of a confusingly similar mark.
author	CaseMark
author_url	https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/trademark-cease-desist
license	Apache-2.0
version	0.1.0
execution_mode	open
jurisdiction	us
practice	ip
language	en
tags	["drafting","letter","litigation"]

Trademark Cease-and-Desist Letter

Pre-suit notice demanding cessation of alleged trademark infringement and evidence preservation.

Quick Start

Collect before drafting:

1. Owner — legal name, entity type, signatory, counsel contact
2. Mark — exact mark, USPTO registration number/date/class (if any), first-use date
3. Scope — goods/services, channels of trade, geography
4. Infringement evidence — dated screenshots, URLs, product images, ads, packaging
5. Confusion evidence — actual confusion incidents, customer overlap, goods similarity
6. Demands — stop use, remove content, destroy inventory, transfer domains/handles, accounting
7. Deadline — exact calendar date, delivery method, proof-of-receipt plan

Workflow

1. Gather Inputs

Input	Req?	Notes
Owner name + address	Yes	Include counsel if represented
Mark type (word / design / composite)	Yes	—
Registration status	No	If registered, include USPTO details
First-use date	No	Required for common-law claims
Goods/services description	Yes	Match registered or actual use
Infringer name + address	Yes	Include DBA, online identifiers
Infringing uses	Yes	URLs, listings, products, social handles
Evidence list	Yes	Attach as exhibits
Demands + deadline	Yes	Exact calendar date

2. Analyze Likelihood of Confusion

Address only applicable factors:

Factor	Evidence
Similarity of marks	Appearance, sound, meaning, commercial impression
Relatedness of goods/services	Overlap or complementarity
Strength of mark	Distinctiveness, duration, marketing spend