LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2022

The Italian Competition and Market Authority (“AGCM” or “Authority”) has closed an investigation launched in July 2021 against McDonald’s Development Italy LLC (“McDonald”) regarding an alleged violation of art. 9 of Italian Law no.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

2021 WL 3552175, No. 11, 2021) Another timeshare versus timeshare exit false advertising case. Marketing Defendants allegedly falsely advertise timeshare exit services by promoting a legitimate process to exit timeshare contracts. This opinion considered only the marketing defendants.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Roach, 2021 WL 4134836, No. 1, 2021) Entrepreneur, a frequent trademark claimant, sought to amend its complaint and add new parties to the TM claims here. Entrepreneur’s desire to bring forth a claim for false advertising against a competitor in a similar market is not unusual behavior.” Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

CCM counterclaimed for abuse of process and for violations of the Lanham Act and related state laws; one ex-employee also brought counterclaims against loanDepot for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. LLC, 2021 WL 7210782 (D.D.C. Ankura Consulting Grp., McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Pandora Marketing, LLC, 2021 WL 1573073, CV 20-5486 DSF (ADSx) (C.D. 12, 2021) Another timeshare company v. Here, Diamond sued both the marketers who seek exit clients and also the lawyers who worked with them. Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection Development, LLC v. timeshare exit company case.

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BYU Copyright Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

Francis") committed copyright infringement and was in breach of contract over the use of hundreds of photographs he took for the school and its students. Francis, located in Watsonville, CA, contracted with Morlos to be the exclusive provider of photography service for the school from June 2018 to May 2021. Morlos and St.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 7, 2023

for trademark infringement, false advertising and patent infringement. The EMSCULPT is a non-invasive medical device designed to stimulate muscle contraction using electromagnetic energy. The Indiana Secretary of State indicates that the corporation was created in 2021. filed suit against Plaintiff JV Medical Supplies, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The plaintiff applied for an injunction against the defendant for copyright infringement and breach of contract. Since he used the company resources to produce the drawings, the architectural drawings became commissioned works by the Company under a contract of service. Interested readers can find the Africa IP Highlights 2020, here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The arbitrator’s decision itself is filed under seal, but the court recaps the arbitrator’s findings: Although the contracts between Plaintiff and Amazon concerning the purchase of the diet pills at issue were illegal and unenforceable, the CoU that governed the transactions were severable and remained enforceable. Amazon, 2021 U.S.

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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.” 2021 WL 4927417 (Tex. Wohl, 2021 U.S. ” The court rebuffed the FTC’s attempt to distinguish Dyroff.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to the Complaint, Schwartz began working for Kilroy’s as a server and bartender in August of 2021. He also stated that he created Intellectual Property for the Defendants’ social media accounts, digital marketing, and other advertising vehicles.

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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. Joseph Lewczak: FTC v. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch. Chemence, Feb.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

BrandTotal “provides advertising consulting services to corporate clients regarding how those clients’ and their competitors’ digital advertisements are presented to social media users.” Law students, this is one of many reasons why your 1L Contracts class is so important. ” Oof.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

I completed my last Internet Law class before Thanksgiving 2021 and had Spring semester off. That’s a long prelude to explaining how my “summer 2022” really dates back to November 2021 and won’t end until January. 6th Edition of Advertising & Marketing Law: Cases and Materials (with Rebecca Tushnet).

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2021

To address the market distortions and the music streaming ‘value gap’, the Government should introduce robust and legally enforceable obligations to normalise licensing arrangements for UGC-hosting services. Apple, on the other hand, maintained that safe harbour provisions create an “unlevel playing field” in favour of YouTube. Plot twist!

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

Whole Foods Market Service, Inc., 2021 WL 424286, No. 8, 2021) Plaintiffs are farmers and growers of high-quality living organic basil. Whole Foods began purchasing small quantities of basil from them and selling the product in Whole Foods Market stores in the San Diego area in 2007. Archi’s Acres, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But this fact does not turn a conduit website like GMB into a livery… GMB simply provided a platform for Petitioner Chaves (the livery) to perform the tasks of advertising his boat rental, negotiating a rate, renting his own vessel, and earning a rental fee. .'” Publisher/Speaker Claim. portion of the total rental fee.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority had emphasised this in its April 2021 guidance on advertising cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless , tokens may be used in a digital rights management scheme, as the aforementioned default position is subject to contract modification, as explained below. Valid Transfer of Rights?

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

In January 2021, I noted that the U.S. A similar pattern emerged at the end of 2021, culminating with eight Section 337 complaints filed between December 15 – 31, 2021. and other unfair acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, breach of contract, and antitrust violations.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Winder Laboratories, LLC, 2021 WL 3573118, No. 17, 2021) Concordia makes DONNATAL, a combination of phenobarbital and belladonna alkaloids (PBA) used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and acute enterocolitis. They are therefore allowed on the market during the DESI review pendency and qualify as pharmaceutically equivalent.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Touro College, 2021 WL 5140058, No. 4, 2021) It’s now been long enough that there are a couple of cases finding potentially valid claims based on Covid closures, but this is not one of them. Touro’s online program was allegedly marketed and priced as a “separate and distinct product[ ]” and bore no fees for in-person services.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2022

In January 2021, I noted that the U.S. A similar pattern emerged at the end of 2021, culminating with eight Section 337 complaints filed between December 15 – 31, 2021. and other unfair acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, breach of contract, and antitrust violations.

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Herbert Smith Freehills

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Any exchange of information between supplier and its distributors will only benefit from the safe harbour to the extent that the information is directly related to the implementation of the agreement and necessary to improve production or distribution of the contract goods or services. Read more. .

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Herbert Smith Freehills

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Any exchange of information between supplier and its distributors will only benefit from the safe harbour to the extent that the information is directly related to the implementation of the agreement and necessary to improve production or distribution of the contract goods or services. Read more. .

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2021, Jess Miers and I published an article in the Journal of Free Speech Law (run by the UCLA Law School) entitled “ Online Account Terminations/Content Removals and the Benefits of Internet Services Enforcing Their House Rules.” When we finalized our dataset in early 2021, we found 62 opinions. Section 230.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

He paid money to get extra visibility for his dating profile and claims he got poor results, so he sued Bumble for false advertising. In January 2021, Bumble sought to add an arbitration clause to its TOS. Bumble appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Alkutkar joined Bumble in 2016. ” Unconscionability.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

Already in June 2021, the Bundekartellamt had initiated proceedings against Google following a complaint by Corint Media concerning Google’s licensing and presentation practices i.a. What is however interesting about the Bundeskartellamt decision of 30 December 2021 is the assessment of the different services and their interaction.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 8, 2021

Fish attorneys Jenny Shmuel , Philip Chen , and Kayleigh McGlynn authored a Biosimilar Development article, “ Regulatory And Legislative Actions Set The Tone For Biosimilars In 2021.” This article focuses on regulatory and legislative actions in 2020 that may impact the burgeoning biosimilars space in 2021 and beyond.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

This it did by thrusting its deceptively similar goods and flooding the high-in-demand but low-in-knowhow market, with its imitation products. A prima facie case was made out and thereby an interim injunction was granted to the Plaintiff on 30 th April, 2021. The Defendant Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. Background of the Suit.

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Velocity of Content

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The rapidly expanding market has attracted some of the world’s biggest celebrities – from Will Ferrell to Michelle Obama to Malcolm Gladwell, Chelsea Handler and Shonda Rhimes. Podcasting is big – and it is getting much bigger. Right now , there are more than 1 million active podcasts and more than 30 million available podcast episodes.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

This recorded music is frequently sold at significantly lower prices than market rates, resulting in massive losses for music producers. CONTRACTUAL ISSUES Various contracts are signed and executed by various performers/artists and stakeholders. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy. ISSN:1583-6258, Vol.

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MAY 12, 2022

They are: the Unfair Competition Law (UCL); the False Advertising Law (FAL); and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). While they often cover the same conduct in false advertising cases and are cumulative of each other, they have differences. See, e.g., In re Coca-Cola Products Marketing & Sales Practices Litig.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It’s not possible to “trespass” an intangible asset; any legal protection for the asset comes from contract law (but the plaintiffs gave a license) or IP law, such as copyright law, which the plaintiffs aren’t invoking. Implied-in-Law Contract/Unjust Enrichment. Are we really doing this again? First Amendment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

Courts have rejected Section 230 defenses against claims for false advertising, deceptive trade practices, and tortious interference. Certain claims sounding in contract or tort may be beyond the reach of Section 230(c)(2)’s protection from suit. amended opinion July 21, 2021). See, e.g., E-Ventures Worldwide, LLC v.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

23, 2021) Evel Knievel was a famous motorcycle daredevil with an “iconic wardrobe: a white jumpsuit embellished only by star-spangled red, white, and blue patriotic insignia with a matching white cape and helmet and a motorcycle adorned by red, white, and blue colors.” The toy could not perform as advertised in the commercial.

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Above the Fold

JULY 1, 2021

The NCAA announced that it will allow student-athletes throughout the country to profit from their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) starting on July 1, 2021, which marks a major shift from the NCAA’s longstanding amateurism model. Mississippi’s NIL law even authorizes student-athletes to hire agents to negotiate marketing opportunities.

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