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ambiguity over who was first African-American bourbon distiller in Kentucky dooms false advertising claim

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Brough Brothers alleged that Fresh Bourbon falsely advertised that Fresh Bourbon is the first black-owned bourbon distillery in Kentucky, and made other related claims. By December of that year, it had distilled bourbon and filled its first bourbon barrel in a leased Kentucky facility. Apparently Master Distiller has no set definition.

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Nigerian Advertising Regulator Tackling Meta

IP and Legal Filings

Forbidding the employment of foreign models and voice actors in advertisements starting of October 1, 2022, was one of ARCON’s first actions. Without utilising APCON in this case, MIC was able to secure the placement of an advertising in the Punch Newspaper on May 29, 2014. Introduction.

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1H 2021 Quick Links, Part 4 (Advertising, Contracts, & More)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Advertising/E-Commerce. While such social media posts may not have the indicia of a traditional advertisement, there can belittle doubt that these paid posts are in fact advertisements… Today, consumers face waves of advertisements amid a sea of product choices. Ariix, LLC v. NutriSearch Corp.,

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 20: CAFC Remands No Case or Controversy Determination to Eastern Texas, Ninth Circuit Rules 2018 Farm Act Legalized Delta-8 THC Trademarks, and EU Commission Directs Member States to Codify Copyright Rules

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the European Commission sent notice to several EU member states directing them to codify recent rule changes to EU copyright law; a WIPO report shows that China has a significant lead in global patent application filings for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technologies; Judge O’Grady is removed from the criminal copyright (..)

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literal falsity can exist even if there's a strained "truthful" reading

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In 2018, Metrasens purchased a Kopp Ferralert Solo unit from a third-party located in Singapore and provided it, along with a Metrasens Ferroguard Screener unit, to a company called Intertek Testing & Certification. And it is a rebuttable presumption. But in context, the meaning of the challenged statement is not ambiguous. [A]ny

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3 Count: Not Very Private

Plagiarism Today

The site launched in 2018 and, until recently, was receiving about 18 million visitors per month. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations. Finally today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that the popular anime pirate site AnimeKisa.tv

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Court: Ad Agency Must Pay Damages For Placing Adverts on Pirate Manga Site

TorrentFreak

billion in losses to the industry but in April 2018 the site’s progress came to a juddering halt when the platform shut itself down. On June 2, 2021, he was sentenced to three years in prison and fines in excess of US$650,000, much of it representing a clawback of revenue generated by advertising.