Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Restaurants who partner with Grubhub pay it a percentage for “an additional way of generating orders, internet advertising, and a delivery infrastructure.” But in 2019, Grubhub changed to add more than 150,000 restaurants, including plaintiffs’, without permission. Without discussing materiality, the court found this adequate.

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MARCH 6, 2024

1, 2024) NYU Langone sued Northwell for trade dress infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin, and false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as related claims under the New York GBL and New York common law. The court dismissed the complaint—the false advertising claims with prejudice.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is a case involving a trademark owner and a competitive keyword advertiser. That’s certainly true for high-profile and well-advertised consumer items like fast food chains, mass-market phones, and major car labels, but is it true in this particular niche? Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 27, 2024

The relationship became hostile in 2019, when a third party allegedy got PNC customer information that had been obtained by Plaid and leaked it on the “Dark Web.” PNC sued for counterfeiting, infringement, and false advertising/unfair competition under federal and Pennsylvania law. Plaid’s customers aren’t likely to be confused.]

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The TTABlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Whether, in the absence of an express limitations period in the Lanham Act, the timeliness of a § 43(a) suit for false association and false advertising is governed by the most analogous state law statute of limitations, or instead, by laches. Read comments and post your comment here.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 23, 2021

12, 2021) After Lexmark , can a competitor bring a false association claim when the false association is with an unrelated third party? This court answers yes, though limits the effect of that by applying what looks like ordinary false advertising analysis.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2019: [link]. The court issued a preliminary injunction and the duo agreed to no longer use Vogue’s marks in connection with the album. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. 2020: [link]. 2018: [link].

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

McCleese registered copyrights for his photos in 2019. Along with copyright claims, McCleese asserted Lanham Act false advertising claims. But he failed to plead any injury to a commercial or sales interest.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“Plaintiffs purchased Ikon ski passes for the 2019-20 ski season but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defendants closed their ski resorts on March 15, 2020.” Defendants declined to refund their money. That was sufficient.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

16, 2021) Previous ruling ; new judge still finds the false advertising claims sufficiently pled. Thus, Microsoft allegedly falsely advertises its scanner as possessing a security capability that it does not actually possess; TocMail identified statements such as “a higher standard of security at lower cost than. [is

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

During parts of 2018 and 2019, defendants offered payments to their physicians to promote the supply program to facilities. Defendants’ counterclaim: Did Wound Care’s statements about the illegality of defendants’ program occur in commercial advertising or promotion?

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2, 2022) Before the jury verdict in favor of Monster’s false advertising claim was this opinion resolving evidentiary issues. They weren’t directly asked about the phrase “Super Creatine,” whether participants had prior experiences with or opinions of Bang, or whether they had seen Vital’s advertising in the market.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But genuine fact issues remained on whether J-B Weld’s advertising of “Made in USA” was false and whether Illinois Tool had standing. Illinois Tool sued in 2019. What if J-B Weld falsely advertised that its bonding products cure cancer or stopped global warming?

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43(B)log

JUNE 14, 2022

May 27, 2022) Previously, the district court found that AB’s anti-Miller/Coors campaign was false advertising “to the extent it was designed to mislead consumers into believing corn syrup remained in Miller Lite and Coors Light products after the brewing process was completed.” There wasn’t an imminent risk of new, now-false ads.

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43(B)log

MAY 3, 2023

Plaintiffs’ claims under New York law were based on the offer of an “ever-growing” or “growing” library of live and on-demand studio classes, which offer was allegedly false because a bunch of classes were pulled from the library because of unlicensed music use. the on-demand classes removed from [Peloton’s] library in March 2019.”

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MARCH 6, 2024

In 2019, Qoins entered into a Master Disbursement Services Agreement with Atlantic Capital Bank to establish a banking relationship, which included creating bank accounts that contained customer funds. But SouthState did have standing for a false advertising claim.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2021

2019-IA-00033-SCT, So.3d The state pointed out that “[t]he FTC Act’s false advertising prohibition does not include labeling, but that limit explicitly applies only ‘For the purposes of sections 52 to 54,’ not § 45(a)(1), the section in which the Act instructs courts to be ‘guided’ by.” Johnson & Johnson v.

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43(B)log

MARCH 10, 2023

An axe-throwing business owner testified that, in 2019, he and two other league members believed that WATL worked with Cold Steel to manufacture axes, based on advertisements on Cold Steel’s website. Use of the mark with the words “compliant,” “legal,” and “meets.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Ins.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Mary Catherine Amerine, Reasonably Careless Consumers in False Advertising and Trademark Consumers can devote much more (or less) time to a decision than seems rational for the amount of risk/benefit in their lives. Court expects consumers to be reasonably prudent in both TM and false advertising. Class component as well.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pop star Rihanna has dropped a case instituted by her in 2019 against her father for false advertising and invasion of privacy. The popular database Honey Impact, for the game Genshin Impact, is being threatened to be taken down in light of warnings issued by the legal staff of miHoYo, the game’s developer.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

This was followed by the Court granting RealReal an extension of time to respond to the Complaint on January 10, 2019, and the filing of an amended complaint (“First Amended Complaint”) by Chanel on February 1, 2019. 1114(1)(a), false endorsement and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 14, 2022

This was followed by the Court granting RealReal an extension of time to respond to the Complaint on January 10, 2019, and the filing of an amended complaint (“First Amended Complaint”) by Chanel on February 1, 2019. 1114(1)(a), false endorsement and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2022

12, 2022) Many FDA-related false advertising claims about pharmaceuticals are preempted because of the special role FDA plays in regulating them, but not all, as this case explains, applying Pom Wonderful to the pharmaceutical context. Relatedly, this wasn’t an attempt to enforce the FDCA directly, but a false advertising claim.

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BYU Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As we reported on August 26, 2019, and September 28, 2020, Columbia University ("Columbia") and the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation ("EIF"), both of which have been connected with the production of the Encyclopaedia Iranica (the "Encyclopaedia"), have been engaged in a long-running dispute over copyrights, trademarks, and other legal causes of action (..)

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43(B)log

APRIL 27, 2022

The ECC-3 has been Eco’s best seller but has gone unsold to PG&E since 2019.” Eco sued for trade libel, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, false advertising/unfair business practices under California law, and Lanham Act false advertising.

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43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2022

According to Nestle’s own alleged statements, the child labor conditions have worsened rather than improved since the inception of the “NESTLÉ® Cocoa Plan”: from 2017 to 2019, the number of children working on cocoa farms nearly doubled. Walker alleged CLRA and UCL violations. in deciding whether to purchase these products, and.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2024

To get a sense of the costs at issue, over 2017-2019, at least 485 consumers purchased stem cell therapy injections from one defendant, Superior, at a total cost of $3,350,416. They provided “resources — marketing manuals, flyers, lectures, sample emails ads, and PowerPoints — and a procedure to launch advertising campaigns.”

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43(B)log

AUGUST 25, 2021

There are 1.6 million concussions in sports and recreational activities annually. Traumatic brain injuries account for more than 2 million emergency room visits per year in the US and contribute to the deaths of more than 50,000 Americans.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

April 9, 2019. 271 , Trademark Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, and Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, and False Advertising, under 15 U.S.C. §§ 114 and 1125(a). Registration No. Registration Date. OPTISELECT. May 16, 2017. September 14, 2004. April 29, 2008. January 6, 2015.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 28, 2022

2019 WL 3413444 (S.D. 2019), involving more unqualified “Made in USA” statements in stores and on New Balance’s website. The court rejected New Balance’s reliance on a prior settlement in Dashnaw v. New Balance Athletics, Inc.,

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2023

21, 2023) ExeGi sued Brookfield for state and federal false advertising/tortious interference. It didn’t advertise directly to clinicians or consumers, aside from the product label and package insert. Did the non-label/package statements qualify as “commercial advertising or promotion”? ExeGi Pharma, LLC v.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 27, 2024

The survey showed respondents a 22-second video clip simulating the user flow within fintech app Venmo from 2019: the Venmo home screen that an already-registered Venmo user would see when they opened the app, then a cursor moving between the Venmo screens. I’ll only discuss the stuff I find interesting. Kivetz was PNC’s survey expert.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

ThermoLife’s website also advertises its “Patented Nitrate Technology.” (DE Between 2015-2019, its website identified 14 patents as “protect[ed]” by the logo, though in 2019 it modified the site to include a table purporting to demonstrate which of ThermoLife’s patents were practiced by ThermoLife’s licensees.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 30, 2024

He made a similar statement in 2019 during a GCE earnings call attributing unexpectedly good new student online growth to the non-profit advertising. The DOE also ordered GCU to cease advertising “nonprofit” status. GCU has consistently generated profit for GCE, and is GCE’s most significant source of revenue.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A 2019 investigation of tabs labeled “Agent listings” and “Other listings” revealed “critical comprehension concerns warranting further iteration.” If you advertise your home on Zillow as for sale by owner, it will appear under “Other Listings.” Before Zillow launched the two-tab system, it evaluated the associated risks.

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