{"reference":"C&D-ACME-OFFICEFLOW-2026-02","sender":{"name":"Acme Supplies SRL","address":"Rue de la Loi 100, 1040 Brussels, Belgium","contact_email":"legal@acme-supplies.be","lawyer_optional":{"name":"Me Caroline Vandenberghe","firm":"Vandenberghe & Partners","bar":"Ordre français du barreau de Bruxelles","address":"Rue de Loxum 25, 1000 Bruxelles","contact_email":"c.vandenberghe@vdb-partners.be"}},"recipient":{"name":"OfficeFlow SPRL","address":"Avenue Louise 280, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium","attention":"The Board of Managers"},"date":"2026-04-08","asserted_rights":"Our client Acme Supplies SRL is the registered proprietor of the figurative trademark 'ACME SUPPLIES' (with stylised 'A' monogram and two-tone blue-green colour combination) registered (i) at the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) under number 1234567 with filing date 2021-09-02 in classes 9, 16 and 35 of the Nice Classification, and (ii) at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) under number 018456789 with filing date 2022-01-11 in the same classes. Our client has used the mark continuously in the Benelux market since 2018 and has acquired significant reputation among SME purchasers.","conduct_complained_of":"Since on or around 2026-01-15, your company has marketed and sold a competing B2B office-supplies e-commerce platform under the name and logo 'OFFICEFLOW' (with a stylised 'O' monogram and a near-identical two-tone blue-green colour combination to that of Acme Supplies) via your website officeflow.be, your social-media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok, and paid Google Ads targeting Benelux SMEs. The overall visual impression of your mark creates a clear likelihood of confusion in the minds of the average SME purchaser within the meaning of Article 2.20(1)(b) of the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (BCIP), constituting infringement of our client's registered trademarks, and separately an act of unfair commercial practice under Articles VI.93 and following of the Belgian Code of Economic Law.","demanded_actions":["Immediately cease all use, in any form and on any medium, of the 'OFFICEFLOW' mark and logo, including on your website, social-media accounts, paid advertising, packaging, invoices and any internal communications visible to third parties.","Transfer or transfer-equivalent (404 page + redirect) the domain name officeflow.be to Acme Supplies or, at Acme's election, to a receiver agreed by the parties.","Delete or suspend all social-media profiles using the infringing mark and remove all paid advertising featuring the infringing mark.","Render an accounting of all net revenue derived from sales using the infringing mark since 2026-01-15, with supporting evidence, within 15 calendar days of the deadline below.","Pay, by way of provisional damages and without prejudice, the sum of EUR 45,000 to Acme Supplies SRL, to be netted against any final damages award.","Sign and return the enclosed written undertaking not to resume any use of the infringing mark or any confusingly similar sign in the Benelux territory."],"deadline_for_compliance":"2026-04-25","consequences_of_non_compliance":"If you fail to comply in full with the demands above by the deadline, our client will, without further notice, initiate proceedings against your company before the Brussels Enterprise Court (président du tribunal de l'entreprise, action en cessation) seeking (i) an urgent cease order with a daily penalty payment (astreinte) of EUR 5,000 per day of continued infringement, (ii) a full damages claim including profits surrendered and litigation costs, (iii) publication of the judgment at your cost pursuant to Art. XVII.23 of the Belgian Code of Economic Law, and (iv) any other remedies available under Belgian and EU law, including under Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. This letter constitutes a formal notice of default (mise en demeure) and interrupts any applicable limitation period.","signatory":{"name":"Me Caroline Vandenberghe","role":"Counsel for Acme Supplies SRL, Vandenberghe & Partners","place":"Brussels","date":"2026-04-08"}}