Cease and Desist Letter for Restaurants

Advice a restaurant establishment to stop purportedly illegal activity and not to restart it by downloading our ready-made Cease and Desist Letter Template for Restaurants. Sending this document would not commit your to any course of legal action unless the advice was ignored. The file is easy to use and can be customized further to better fit the user’s needs. Why download it you ask? It’s convenient, versatile, and user friendly. It is also ready for printing and can be sent digitally. Save yourself the hassle and get more done with this template!

CEASE AND DESIST LETTER TEMPLATE FOR RESTAURANTS

[DATE]

Dear [RECIPIENT NAME],

This law firm represents [RESTAURANT NAME]. Please direct this letter to your legal counsel, if you are represented by a legal counsel, and have your attorney inform us of such representation. In relation to your infringement of the intellectual property rights and contractual agreements of [RESTAURANT NAME] with other third-party delivery companies, you are hereby intended for this written cease and desist letter for your attention. 

The use of our client’s name and trademark is a violation of our common law trademark rights, common law service mark rights, and trade name rights, this letter demands that you (A) immediately cease and desist your infringement property rights of [RESTAURANT NAME] and (B) provide us with a prompt written response on this letter within [NUMBER] days from the date of this letter that you will cease and desist from further usage of the [ RESTAURANT NAME]’s name to your future business operations. 

The [RESTAURANT NAME] is a food and beverage business establishment that offers high quality and beverages to prospective consumers located in [ADDRESS]. The restaurant was registered as a [COUNTRY/STATE/PROVINCE] company on [DATE 1] and the mark has been then on used throughout the [COUNTRY/STATE/PROVINCE] as its brand name since that time. Since date, our client has used the trademark name throughout the advertising of the restaurant’s products and services in the community including through its website at [WEBSITE] which the restaurant registered its domain name on [ DATE 2]. This has resulted in the general public recognizing the [RESTAURANT NAME]’s brand name through delivering and presenting high-quality food, beverages, and services to customers. 

[RESTAURANT NAME] discovered and received a countless number of reports and complaints of actual consumer confusion these past few months. This undoubtedly represents a small portion of consumers who reported the confusion caused by the use of our client’s brand name. The use of the trademark on the same or similar products, which resulted in this written cease and desist letter has caused confusion among the [RESTAURANT NAME]’s consumers and is likely to continue to cause customer confusion in the future and our market development be affected.

[RESTAURANT NAME] has several options under state law to enforce its legal rights Trademark policies. Please be advised that we are prepared to take all necessary actions to protect the rights of our Trademark, its associated goodwill, and its contracts. [RESTAURANT NAME] would be entitled to seek actual monetary damages, preliminary and permanent injunctions, disgorgement of any profits you have realized through the use of the trademark and monetary damages for damage to the restaurant’s goodwill in the market.
In the event that you fail to meet this demand, please take note that [RESTAURANT NAME] has asked us to communicate to you that it will pursue available legal remedies necessary. It will be considered that you would be able to take liability and exposure under such legal action.

Nevertheless, before we take the necessary steps, our client, [RESTAURANT NAME] desires to give you one opportunity to end your illegal conduct by complying with this cease and desist demand letter within [NUMBER] days. Legal action will not be taken against you upon immediately ceasing and desisting from any and all violating activities which constitute the infringement rights including the use of the Trademark and our Client’s Restaurant name, also immediately ceasing to allow customers to place deliveries and avoidance of confusion from our client’s restaurant. You must cease and desist all related promotion and marketing of [RESTAURANT NAME] of your business operations as well as on your domain names.

You may contact me via [YOUR PHONE NUMBER] or [YOUR EMAIL ID].

Regards,

[YOUR SIGNATURE]

[YOUR NAME]