43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Maryland: First ever digital advertising tax, on gross receipts. may require disclosures and charitable registration: Draper James teachers giveaway.

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Advertising Advertising Law Privacy 40

43(B)log

MARCH 13, 2023

In March 2020 (I was going to say mid-March, but I recognize there’s a question about how long March 2020 actually was), he began marketing facemasks, including masks he described as “N95” and “Class N95.” Beginning in April 2020, customers began complaining about not receiving orders. Romero operated a drop-shipping business.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Business 56

BYU Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In an order filed on October 8, 2020, the Court denied the injunction. In our last update on this case, we noted that the parties had submitted documents arguing for and against the court instituting a preliminary injunction to keep Columbia and its associates from using the disputed trademarks.

False Advertising 52

False Advertising Copyright Infringement Intellectual Property Ownership 52

43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Mandabach sued under §43(a) and coordinate state law claims and sought cancellation of a trademark registration. False advertising/passing off: Same basic problems. But Mandabach waited until November 2020 to sue and moved for a preliminary injunction only in March 2021.

Social Media 93

Social Media Television False Advertising Artistic Work 93

IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. For example, in 2020, @karmanverdi – a Russian Musical Artist – created a novel approach to take photos in Lockdown and titled the series “There are so many ghosts at my site.” Trademarks.

Social Media 45

Social Media Intellectual Property Non-Fungible Tokens Music 45

43(B)log

APRIL 15, 2024

Eat Just, GMI’s parent company, filed an ITU for a stylized GOOD Meat mark in 2020; in 2021, defendants entered into agreements granting their security interests in the intent-to-use application to a third party, and also Eat Just assigned the entirety of its business having an interest in the GMI mark to GMI.

False Advertising 64

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Marketing 64

43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Wakefern operates approximately 353 supermarkets under various brands such as ShopRite and Fairway Market across several states, and has a registration for ShopRite. I n mid-2020, Marchese allegedly contacted Wakefern about the possibility of joining the Wakefern cooperative. False advertising: Not commercial advertising or promotion.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. The Composite Design Mark registration specifically acknowledged that it made “no claim. apart from the mark as shown.”

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Cease and Desist False Advertising Registration Licensing 64

The TTABlog

MAY 8, 2023

Unsurprisingly, the Board dismissed Professor Rebecca Curtin's opposition to registration of the mark RAPUNZEL for dolls and toy figures, finding that Curtin, as a mere consumer of fairytale-themed products, failed to prove her entitlement to a statutory cause of action. 3d 1370, 2020 USPQ2d 10837 at *3 (Fed. 2020), cert.

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Registration False Advertising Trademark Business 40

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

I have personally reviewed every single application I could find on the USPTO TESS system as of April 6, 2020 related in some way to COVID-19, and as you can imagine, many of them are… wanting , whether because the marks are clearly descriptive, obviously informational, or have some other deficiency. COVID-19 VAX , for vaccines.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

23, 2022) Healthvana operates a health app, Healthvana, and has a trademark (registration) for use in connection with software and software as a service. In March 2020, Healthvana objected, and Telebrands’ counsel indicated that it would rebrand as “Handvana.” “By Healthvana, Inc. Telebrands Corp., 2022 WL 562265, No. Surprised?

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Thus, even though it would be possible to have a registrable llama logo that functioned as a trademark, that’s not what Epic had.

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