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Dear Precinct Delegates,
The following Cease and Desist letters have been sent to said individuals and all other persons acting in concert with these individuals regarding the matters of Defamation of Character – For Libel and/or Slander, Copyright Infringement, and Trademark Infringement:
Letter number 1:
NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST
FROM:
Michigan Republican Party (MIGOP)
101 S. Washington Square
Unit 520
Lansing, Michigan 48933-1731
Date 1 18 2024
Re: Trademark Infringement – Cease and Desist
Dear: Peter Hoekstra, Vance Patrick, Lena Epstein, Malinda Pego, Andy Seabolt, Bree Moeggenberg, Tim Ross, Anne Delisle, JD Glaser, Daniel Lawless Matt DePerno and all other persons acting in concert with these individuals:
It has come to our attention that you are making unauthorized use of the trademarks for MIGOP and the Michigan Republican Party and other misleading variations causing dilution and confusion in the public marketplace by you publications, mailings, communications and other bad unauthorized acts.
Under federal registration laws, we are the worldwide perpetual license holder of these trademarks currently registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office under The National Republican Party (owner). Therefore, we have the right, including but not limited to, restrict, prevent or limit the use of our trademark in order to protect it against any and all misrepresentation.
We hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist in any additional use of our trademark that will likely cause misrepresentation in relation with distribution, advertising, identification, and sales of our products or services.
If you fail to comply with the aforementioned demand(s) within TEN (10) days we will have no choice but to pursue all legal causes of action, including the filing of a lawsuit to protect our interests. We remind you that this letter serves as a pre-suit notice for a lawsuit against you and failing to correct will likely make you liable for any damages the court determines we have suffered as a result of your infringement.
It is in our respective best interests to have this issue amicably settled in an effort to avoid further legal remedies as provided by State and Federal laws.
Sincerely,
James M Copas
Executive Director
MIGOP
Kristina Karamo
Chairwoman
MIGOP
Daniel J. Hartman
General Counsel
MIGOP
Letter number 2:
NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST
FROM:
Michigan Republican Party (MIGOP)
101 S. Washington Square
Unit 520
Lansing, Michigan 48933-1731
Date 1 18 2024
Re: Defamation of Character – For Libel and/or Slander
Dear: Peter Hoekstra, Vance Patrick, Lena Epstein, Malinda Pego, Andy Seabolt, Bree Moeggenberg, Tim Ross, Anne Delisle, JD Glaser, Daniel Lawless Matt DePerno and all other persons acting in concert with these individuals:
MIGOP, The Michigan Republican Party, James M. Copas, Kristina Karamo, Daniel J. Hartman and other members of the MIGOP administration are respected and professional organizations and/or persons in the community and has spent their life and/or period of existence building a positive reputation. Nevertheless, we have been informed that you have been maliciously spreading inaccurate and unfounded information that is damaging to the personal and professional characters and reputation of the aforementioned parties.
Under the laws in the State of Michigan, it is unlawful for an individual to make deliberate statements that intend to harm a person’s reputation without factual evidence or based on hearsay.
The defamatory statements include, but are not limited to, the following: false claims of authorized operation in the name of MIGOP, claims of criminal felony convictions, claims of fraudulent and/or misleading activities.
If you do not cease all related statements a defamation of character lawsuit will be commenced against you.
In addition, this shall serve as a pre-suit letter demanding that you provide us written assurance within TEN (10) days that you will cease and desist from making further factually untrue statements.
If you do not comply with this cease-and-desist letter within the aforementioned time-period then a lawsuit may be filed in the proper jurisdiction seeking monetary damages as well as pursuing all available legal remedies for your defamation.
Sincerely,
James M Copas
Executive Director
MIGOP
Kristina Karamo
Chairwoman
MIGOP
Daniel J. Hartman
General Counsel
MIGOP
Letter number 3
NOTICE TO CEASE AND DESIST
FROM:
Michigan Republican Party (MIGOP)
101 S. Washington Square
Unit 520
Lansing, Michigan 48933-1731
Date 1 18 2024
Re: Copyright Infringement
Dear: Peter Hoekstra, Vance Patrick, Lena Epstein, Malinda Pego, Andy Seabolt, Bree Moeggenberg, Tim Ross, Anne Delisle, JD Glaser, Daniel Lawless Matt DePerno and all other persons acting in concert with these individuals:
It has been determined that you are currently using MIGOP related Copyright protected materials (the “Work”) without our authorization which is copyrighted work in accordance with Title 17 of the U.S. Code.
We have found the unauthorized use of our Work being used at including but not limited to your fraudulent and unauthorized communications, publications, meetings, events and other related activities claiming to be MIGOP and/or the Michigan Republican Party.
Accordingly, we demand that you immediately remove the material and cease any further all of our Work, including any other infringements, otherwise you could be liable for statutory damages as high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.
If you do not cease the use of the aforementioned copyrighted material a lawsuit will be commenced against you.
Furthermore, we demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies, including electronic copies, of same, that you deliver to us, if applicable, all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of our rights in the future.
If we have not received an affirmative response from you by the 28th day of January 2024 indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements we shall consider taking any and all legal remedies available to rectify this situation.
Sincerely,
James M Copas
Executive Director
MIGOP
Kristina Karamo
Chairwoman
MIGOP
Daniel J. Hartman
General Counsel
MIGOP
In Liberty,
Communications Team
Michigan Republican Party