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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Lei, 2023 WL 6373073, No. 21, 2023) Deetsch alleged that he owned design patents for CPAP pillow products, which the Lei defendants infringed. In December 2020, Deetsch notified Amazon of his patents through the Brand Registry portal and asked Amazon to remove the Lei defendants’ products.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

3d -, 2023 WL 371035, No. 24, 2023) WS sued Wayfair, alleging patent infringement, Lanham Act false advertising, Massachusetts and California statutory unfair competition and Massachusetts false advertising based on alleged copying of West Elm products. Wayfair Inc., 1:21-12063-PBS (D.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Designs 59

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

On September 7, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs published the Draft Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns 2023, inviting comments from the public. For example, a company uses a logo almost identical to a popular brand’s logo to mislead consumers into believing they are purchasing from a well-known brand.

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Intellectual Property False Advertising Designs Design 52

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. A special thanks to Mr. G.

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