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Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

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Second, a full-page print magazine ad that featured an image of a baby’s face with the sentence: “The Gerber Generation says ‘I love Mommy’s eyes, not her allergies.’ ” Smaller text below this line, next to an image of a GSG canister, stated: If you have allergies in your family, breastfeeding your baby can help reduce their risk.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

Besides Mariah, there were many other celebrity trademark stories this year, as more an more celebrities launch more and more brands. One example was the November release of the Her Loss album by artists Drake and 21 Savage which included a fake Vogue magazine cover as part of the album artwork, as well as a fake version of Vogue magazine.

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Models' false endorsement claims fail for want of recognition, bad survey

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Plaintiffs sued for false advertising and false endorsement under the Lanham Act, violation of their right to publicity, deceptive trade practices under New York GBL Section 349, and defamation. 2021), which considered all these claims except for false advertising. The court was guided by Electra v. 3d 233 (2d Cir.

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Second Circuit signals some minimal flexibility on Polaroid analysis in another strip club false endorsement case

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May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ false endorsement claims were foreclosed by Electra v.

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Alleged Deceptive Practices Result in Award Going to Wrong Business

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Due to being improperly registered as a Monkey Rung product and not a Roller Ready, LLC product all of the recognitions affiliated with this award (hardware retailing web site, plaque and magazine) were granted to Monkey Run and not to Roller Ready, LLC. The case was assigned to Judge Holly A. Brady and Magistrate Judge Susan L.

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Two hospitals can both be best, and use purple ads (for now at least)

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1, 2024) NYU Langone sued Northwell for trade dress infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin, and false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as related claims under the New York GBL and New York common law. The court dismissed the complaint—the false advertising claims with prejudice.

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disparagement campaign in niche jewelry market could violate Lanham Act

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Both sides now claim the other is liable for false advertising, among other claims.” Defendants also allegedly infringed RCI’s trademarks by using photographs of Roberto Coin jewelry and RCI’s logo in Kings Stone’s advertising after RCI terminated the relationship. And yes even borsheims has to be held accountable.”