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Another API (c) case with false advertising and contract claims too

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GSP Golf AB, 2024 WL 4276497, No. 24, 2024) Trackman makes the golf simulator game Perfect Golf, which offers users the ability to virtually play some of the most famous golf courses in the world. Although the court dismissed a contract claim, copyright and false advertising claims survived. Trackman, Inc.

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Measuring device (c)able under Star Athletica; ignoring Dastar, court also allows false advertising claim

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Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cube that combines various measuring volumes into a single cubical structure. Kitchen Cube cube Leszczynski sued for (1) copyright infringement; (2) violation of Creative Commons license terms; and (3) false advertising and misrepresentation.

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Timeshare company's own "exit" program for "qualified" owners isn't misleading even if broadly unavailable

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2024 WL 4581512, No. 28, 2024) A rare timeshare exit company lawsuit against a timeshare developer, alleging false advertising and related claims. WFG responded to this development with a confidentiality clause in its contracts requiring its customers not to reveal they are working with an exit company.

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YouTube Isn’t Liable for User Uploads of Animal Abuse Videos–Lady Freethinker v. YouTube

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Thus, Lady Freethinker sued YouTube for breach of contract and related claims. (A Rather than engaging this contract law issue directly, the court rules for YouTube on Section 230 grounds: Lady Freethinker’s claims ultimately seek to treat Google as the publisher or speaker of content provided by another information content provider.

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Another "buy" button lawsuit over digital licenses continues

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2024 WL 1138906, No. 15, 2024) This putative class action alleged that Amazon overcharged and “[d]eceived consumers by misrepresenting that it was selling them Digital Content when, in fact, it was really only licensing it to them[.]” In re Amazon Prime Video Litig., 2:22-cv-00401-RSM (W.D.

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Bank has Lanham Act standing to assert disparagement claim against former customer (itself a service provider)

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3d -, 2024 WL 911075, No. 1, 2024) “Qoins is a financial technology company that collects funds from its customers and disburses payments to designated creditors in order to help its customers pay off their debts.” The court mostly denied Qoins’ motion to dismiss the resulting claims, including breach of contract and libel.

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failure to properly allege falsity dooms FedEx at 6th Circuit

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4th -, 2024 WL 1364707 (6th Cir. 2024) The court of appeals affirmed the dismissal of FedEx’s false advertising claims (under the Lanham Act and Tennessee Consumer Protection Act), albeit on somewhat different grounds. Collectively they’re called “contracted service providers” (CSPs). Route Consultant, Inc.,