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Amazon escapes liability for its Brand Registry advertising

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They also allegedly used Deetch’s image in ads and on packaging, and allegedly falsely claimed on Amazon that their pillow products “were designed in the United States but are manufactured in China.” He sent two letters by mail in March 2022, but was told he needed to use the Brand Registry … which he had already done.

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TM complainant fails to sink its teeth into unrelated false advertising claims

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Vampire Family Brands, LLC v. MPL Brands, Inc., Unsurprisingly, the trademark claims survive a motion to dismiss, but associated false advertising claims don’t. False advertising: Article III standing existed, but not Lanham Act standing. CV 20-9482-DMG (ASx), 2021 WL 4134841 (C.D.

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"#1 Brand" claim was literally false because of apples-to-oranges comparison

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4, 2024) Finding Zesty Paws’ “#1 Brand” claim literally false, the court grants a preliminary injunction despite Zesty Paws’ attempt to create a factual dispute about what a “brand” is. The dispute turned on what a “brand” is; Zesty Paws argued that Nutramax was not a brand, but Cosequin etc. Nutramax Labs.,

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Real Real Not So “Real” Chanel, Inc. The luxury fashion And clothing brand

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. (“Chanel”), is an iconic fashion company based in New York known for its luxury fashion products and owns rights to several Chanel and CC monograms trademarks associated with the brand design. The brand was not involved with selling secondly handed or vintage goods. RealReal, Inc. 3d 422 (S.D.N.Y.

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Chanel reseller can't get summary judgment on whether it talked too much about Chanel

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28, 2022) Chanel sued What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA), alleging trademark infringement, false advertising, false association/endorsement, and related NY GBL claims for deceptive/unfair trade practices and false advertising. Until 2017, it also used the hashtag #WGACACHANEL in its social media posts.

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selling allegedly stolen/converted merchandise isn't reverse passing off

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Since in or about late 2020, ML Fashion has been receiving calls from vendors about unpaid bills or about where to ship certain goods that have turned out to be for Nobelle.” But the complaint didn’t actually allege that defendants advertised items from “The Line,” only that they sold them.

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2020 Midwest IP Institute in the Books

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In case you missed it, here is my Trademark Nominative Fair Use of Another’s Logo post from March, leading up to the 2020 AIPLA Annual Spring Meeting. The post 2020 Midwest IP Institute in the Books appeared first on DuetsBlog ®.