43(B)log

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This allowed McCormick to advertise what seemed like an attractive lower price and charge more. Thus, for disgorgement of profits, a plaintiff need only show the defendant’s “sales of the allegedly falsely advertised products,” after which the burden shifts to the defendant to prove “any costs or deductions.” The court disagreed.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

However, the judge previously dismissed that counterclaim but left room for RCN to file it again, they did in October 2020, but now that counterclaim has been dismissed as well. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In December 2020, Deetsch notified Amazon of his patents through the Brand Registry portal and asked Amazon to remove the Lei defendants’ products. Amazon’s Brand Registry advertises “Automated Protections” that are “[p]owered by Amazon’s Machine Learning.” Since the designs were not plainly dissimilar, infringement was plausible.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 28, 2022

Back in November 2020, video game composer Tommy Tallarico discovered the use of the sound effect in Roblox and, rather than pull it, struck a licensing deal with Roblox for its continued use. This required Roblox designers to pay $1 (or 100 Robux) to include the sound effect in their creations.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2025

In a new lawsuit filed at a federal court in California, Poppy Playtime’s creators accuse developer ‘Daigo Game 2020, Inc’ of releasing ‘scam’ applications on Google Play.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2024

The Beginning of the End In April 2020, an investigator made a test purchase from Media Maverick, paying £10 through PayPal to an account operated by Merrell. Merrell suspected nothing, and when the investigator bought another subscription in November 2020, that didn’t change.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 21, 2023

The Colombian authority in charge of protecting consumers has begun investigating companies associated with four well-known influencers due to alleged practices of disseminating incomplete information and misleading advertising. Both the influencer and the advertiser should refrain from concealing the advertising nature of the message.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

On August 21, 2023, the Advertising Guide for Influencers of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (PROFECO) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF). This guide provides guidelines for influencers and content creators in Mexico to follow the advertising regulations established by the Federal Consumer Protection Law.

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43(B)log

JANUARY 11, 2023

9, 2023) Along with updating its previous decision (I didn’t see anything that affected the Lanham Act analysis of the key issue of whether a retailer can sue a supplier for false advertising), the court addressed a motion to dismiss by defendant ViaClean.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. ” More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. ” That prompted this litigation. ” UGH.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 24, 2023

“Piracy Impacts Advertising” Reportedly sent to staff via an internal communications system, the new guidelines suggest that piracy harms Globo employees and has a negative effect on the advertising market. “Advertising on Big Brother Brasil will become more expensive in 2023.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

As reported in our previous article published in 2019, the Committees of Advertising Practice ( CAP ) have been focussing for some time on protecting children and young persons through their regulation of gambling advertising. The Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ) is responsible for enforcement of the advertising codes.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

For example, according to the complaint: On August 19, 2020, Plaintiff searched for “Royal Silk” under all departments on Amazon.com, yielding 60 product listings, including “Sponsored” product listings—ads paid for by the seller. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Amazon ruling. Luxy. * Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead?

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

22, 2021) This case should be of interest to people working on contextual advertising. Common sense tells us that this is not a simple advertisement.” “It It is a work of fashion journalism that, like every fashion magazine, happens to contain advertisements.” Champion v. Moda Operandi, Inc., 3d -, 2021 WL 4340670, No.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

2, 2021) Rex sued Zillow and the National Association of Realtors for antitrust and false advertising violations. Surprisingly, the antitrust claims survive, as do false advertising claims agains Zillow. Lanham Act claim: Was this commercial advertising or promotion? C21-312 TSZ, 2021 WL 3930694 (W.D.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Between 2019 and 2020, the man illegally streamed content owned by Canal+ which attracted 1.495 million visits, the broadcaster claimed. Arriving at an amount just over €7,177,000, the broadcaster tacked moral damages on top and demanded all advertising revenue generated by the man during the 2019-2020 period; roughly €29,900, give or take.

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Advertising Advertising Copyright 120

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 8, 2022

BREIN also kept a close eye on advertisements for pirate services and other illegal offerings. A total of 3,210 advertisements were flagged and reported, while 18 persistent advertisers were identified and stopped. Pirate Bay Blockade Expands. The above numbers surely make a difference but there is more to report.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

People generating advertising revenue from ‘Fast Movies’ certainly wouldn’t improve things either. All three faced potential prison sentences plus fines for crimes allegedly committed in 2020. Another key goal of media companies worldwide is to prevent pirate sites from generating revenue from advertising.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2021

1, 2021) De Cortes, an 84-year old woman, worked for defendants/predecessors from 2003-2020 in their real estate business. In 2020, De Cortes obtained a Florida real estate sales associate license and asked if she could serve as a real estate agent for BIR. Defendants represent 170 owners of units in the Four Ambassadors.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Plaintiff attempted to plead that a small number of calls to people contracting with it constituted “commercial advertising or promotion,” but the court still didn’t buy it. Vacasa LLC, No. 6:21-cv-326-MC, 2021 WL 5316986 (D. 15, 2021) Previous motion to dismiss. In Grubbs v. Sheakley Grp., 3d 785 (6th Cir.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In late 2020, KDI told Metrasens that the Intertek unit tested was an old version. For injury, a plaintiff must generally prove damages, but they may be presumed in cases of willful deception where the plaintiff was the target of comparative advertising. And it is a rebuttable presumption.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In 2020, complaints from the Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FIEG) over the illegal distribution of newspapers, periodicals, and books, led to an emergency order requiring Telegram to shut down 19 channels or face blocking itself. In early 2020, ODG filed a complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Milan.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 10, 2024

In November 2020, when PepsiCo got to know that the tagline for B-Fizz was “Be the Fizz! The plaintiffs argued that the in Parle Agro’s label, “For the Bold” was prominently displayed and emphasis was given to the contested tagline in all the advertising campaigns. For the Bold!”,

Trademark 98

Trademark Advertising Advertising Registering Trademarks 98

TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2022

In 2020, Japan’s parliament followed up by criminalizing those who download pirated manga. Following amendments that came into effect on October 1, 2020, anyone operating such a site faces up to a five million yen fine, a five-year prison sentence, or potentially both. It seems that some people didn’t get the memo.

Copyright Infringement 145

Copyright Infringement Copyright Reporting Advertising 145

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In November 2020, the Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested two men for copyright infringement by operating a linking site and providing access to three adult videos. In common with the 37-year-old linking site suspect, it’s said that the man in this matter earned money from his platform, specifically via advertising revenue.

Reporting 144

Reporting Copyright Copyright Infringement Music 144

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The lawsuit asserts that Hyk, which began using its marks in 2020, is unfairly capitalizing on the reputation that Hiker has built with its own trademarks, specifically the “HIKER TRAILER” and “HIKER DESIGN” marks.

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43(B)log

JUNE 17, 2022

From 2015 to 2020, ASHI featured the following slogan on its website below its organizational logo: “American Society of Home Inspectors. They offer memberships to home inspectors, who typically inspect homes prior to home sales; they are currently the only two national bodies of this type. But wasn’t InterNACHI alleging sole competition?

False Advertising 56

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I highlighted this in 2020 by paying a writer $10 to write an essay on the history of copyright , which they did in two days time with a reasonable amount of quality.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

They plausibly alleged, with examples, lots of horsepower claims, and plausibly alleged that an ordinary person would understand these representations to mean that a treadmill’s in-home continuous horsepower matched the “CHP” value advertised.

Advertising 59

Advertising Advertising Contracts Law 59

Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

According to one lawyer, 2020 saw Etsy served with some 54,000 requests, a rise of more than 60 percent year over year, and that includes a major spike during the holiday months. The system itself has not been very broadly advertised. What’s Next for Etsy.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

OSD Audio then sued Outlaw under §512(f), and Outlaw counterclaimed for false advertising and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, copyright infringement, and trade libel. Lanham Act: The user manual did not constitute “commercial advertising or promotion.” But “[n]ot all commercial speech is promotional.” Prager Univ.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Lawmakers in New York City and New York State banned the sale of unfinished frames and receivers in 2020 and 2022, respectively. The advertising bit: Defendants allegedly misled New York customers into “believing that unfinished frames and receivers are legal workarounds to New York’s gun control laws, as well as federal law.”

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Marketing 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2022

. “the underlying communication created by a third-party, a Match.com user, is truly ‘the specific harmful material at issue,’ not the automatically generated advertisement sent by Match.” 2020 WL 12584274 (N.D. ” The court rebuffed the FTC’s attempt to distinguish Dyroff. ’”. . Intango, Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 28, 2023

Sharing Pirated eBooks & Paywalled Articles Asgaard announced its closure in mid-December 2020 but that didn’t stop at least one of the site’s staff spending Christmas in prison. Anti-piracy group Rights Alliance is now reporting the details of yet another Asgaard-related conviction.

Reporting 145

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Washington’s Fair Campaign Practices Act “requires Meta to maintain certain records of the political advertisements it hosts on its platforms and, when requested, to permit inspection of, or to disclose, such records to those seeking such information.” The state sued Facebook again in 2020.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It alleged that the Philips defendants, who make such devices, engaged in false advertising about one of SoClean’s devices in order to deflect blame for the Philips devices’ design defects. Commercial advertising or promotion: A separate problem. SoClean has submitted a de novo application for its latest product, which is under review.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A dataset was built by scraping the electronic register of the Indian Trademark Registry in 2020. The data for 307,763 (99.53%) marks was scraped during the first quarter (January – March) of 2020 and the data for the remaining 1,426 (0.47%) marks was scraped during the rest of the year. Accepted & Advertised. The Dataset.

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