43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

From the 2009 rankings to the 2010 rankings, USC Rossier’s reported acceptance rate dropped 40 percentage points (from 50.7% USC allegedly orchestrated this scheme through its submission of false/incomplete data, and then advertised the resulting rankings knowing that they were misleading.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.”

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43(B)log

JANUARY 31, 2022

21, 2021) Though TocMail made it past a motion to dismiss , it failed at the summary judgment stage in its claim that Microsoft falsely advertised its link scanning service’s capabilities, thus locking TocMail out of a big market. Microsoft Corp., 2021 WL 6750789, No. 20-60416-CIV-CANNON/Hunt (S.D.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2010, the FDA issued a warning to a different food and beverage company, stating that its products were mislabeled “in that they contain the chemical preservative[s] ascorbic acid and citric acid but their labels fail to declare these preservatives with a description of their functions.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 28, 2024

Premier sold Joint Juice for treating/preventing joint pain; a jury found it liable to a consumer class for false advertising under NY law; and the district court awarded statutory damages to the class, but cut them by over 90%. Thus, the district court did not err by declining to instruct the jury on the safe harbor provision.

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Shades of Gray

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

10] It concluded that a case under the Lanham Act is “exceptional” if the losing party was the plaintiff and was guilty of abuse of process in suing, or if the losing party was the defendant and had no defense yet persisted in the trademark infringement or false advertising for which it was being sued, in order to impose costs on its opponent. [11].

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan in 2010, and his B.S. Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It had applied for trademarks for dolls named “Luciana” and “Princess Luciana” between 2006 and 2010, and its partner Mattel has long produced and sold space-themed dolls and accessories, including “Astronaut Barbie” in 1986. Not to mention that “dilution” is not the same thing as false endorsement!

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

However, in case such a use does amount to an infringement, the Court clarified that Google, the concerned platform here, will be held accountable and will not be able to claim protection as an intermediary under Section 79 of the IT Act since it effectively sells these marks to the advertisers. Makemytrip (India) Pvt.

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43(B)log

MARCH 20, 2023

Thus, at trial, defendants weren’t allowed to present evidence showing that Hawai‘i doctors and patients hadn’t changed how they prescribed or consumed Plavix after information about the poor responder issue was added in 2010 to the black box warning.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Dark Patterns Unmasked: Examining Their Influence on Digital Platforms and User Behaviour Srijaa Grover and Yaggya Kapoor Harry Brignull introduced the concept of “dark patterns” in 2010, describing them as deceptive tactics aimed at boosting conversion rates.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

21, 2022) Geomatrix sued defendants for Sherman Act violations and false advertising in the market for onsite wastewater treatment systems, aka septic systems. Two competitors are defendants, as well as NSF, a nonprofit accredited by ANSI that “certifies many of the onsite wastewater products brought into commerce.”

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2024

After the first Oracle lawsuit in 2010, the court found that Rimini infringed Oracles copyrights by engaging in cross-use and creating copies of Oracles materials on Riminis computer systems. Rimini Street is a third-party provider and direct competitor with Oracle in the support-services market.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Accidental” addition of medical marijuana IDs in 2010 led to rise in applications; withdrawn. A: will be talking to PTO historian; they ended up offering to refund fees to 2010 applicants if they’d abandon them, so may never find out what happened there. Some options are broad: medical services. but helpful to research.

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