Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:18:32 -0400 From: "Yates, Anne E." To: Subject: Infringement of Chick-fil-A copyright Our client, Chick-fil-A, Inc. ("CFA"), is engaged in the business of providing restaurant services and related goods. CFA is the second-largest quick-serve chicken restaurant chain in the United States, and it has continuously and exclusively used the "EAT MOR CHIKIN" mark in interstate commerce since at least as early as June 19, 1995. Additionally, CFA owns numerous trademark and copyright registrations for both this mark and the use of Holstein cows in connection with this mark. Moreover, the "EAT MOR CHIKIN" mark has been the subject of millions of dollars of advertising and promotion for CFA. Given the importance of CFA's trademarks and copyrights, specifically its "EAT MOR CHIKIN" trademarks and copyrights, we must protect them from misuse, even if the misuse appears unintentional. It has recently come to our attention that your website, , includes a picture of the "EAT MOR CHIKIN" cows. This picture is an exact duplicate of CFA's U.S. copyright registration (Registration No. VA 760-668), and use of it is an unauthorized infringement of the CFA's intellectual property. Your use of this copyrighted picture, regardless of your intent, is a violation of U.S. copyright law. Accordingly, CFA requests that you immediately remove this picture from your website and forever cease and desist from using any other CFA copyrights or trademarks. You can acknowledge agreement to this request by either electronically signing at the end of this letter and returning a copy via e-mail, or manually signing at the end of this letter and returning a copy via facsimile to me within ten (10) days of the date of this e-mail. Although we trust that this matter will be quickly and easily addressed, understand that CFA's trademarks and copyrights are extremely valuable to it, and it will investigate all available remedies in the event you fail to comply with these requests. This demand is made without waiver of any rights or remedies available to CFA at law or in equity. Should you have any questions regarding the issues raised in this e- mail, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss them further. Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter, and we appreciate your cooperation. Anne E. Yates, Esq. Troutman Sanders LLP Bank of America Plaza 600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 (404) 885-3697- direct dial (404) 962-6836- direct fax anne.yates@troutmansanders.com www.troutmansanders.com This message may be protected by the attorney-client privilege. If you believe that it has been sent to you in error, do not read it. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you.