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[Guest post] Parasitic advertising on UEFA Euro 2020: Italian Competition Authority imposes first sanction for ambush marketing

The IPKat

Here's what Anna Maria and Lorenzo write: Parasitic advertising on UEFA Euro 2020: Italian Competition Authority imposes first sanction for ambush marketing by Anna Maria Stein and Lorenzo Maniaci Ambush Kat By its decision No. Since May 2020, ambush marketing has been regulated in a comprehensive manner in Italy by Law No.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under ยง 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Advertisers Freedom To Make Ads

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The promotion of products through defamatory or misleading remarks about the competitorโ€™s product, known as โ€œproduct disparagement,โ€ can lead to legal disputes, blurring the line between this and comparative advertising. The court referred to previous cases such as Pepsi Co. Hindustan Coca-Cola and Dabur India v.

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Earnings calls, recall notices not "commercial advertising or promotion," but could be "of and concerning" largest market player

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Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liab. SoClean is a dominant player in the market for medical devices that sanitize continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAPs), which treat sleep apnea and respiratory conditions. And, they continued, SoClean was illegally marketing its devices. In re SoClean, Inc., 22-542 (W.D.

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Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition

SpicyIP

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Sangita Sharma, looking into the law around comparative advertisements in India. Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. It allowed the advertisement but asked the company to remove the reference to the detergent soap. Sangita Sharma.

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Marketing and IPR

IP and Legal Filings

When used in a marketing context, the brand has two primary goals: first, to represent the company in public to create maximum awareness and recognition for the organization and its business proposition. For a marketer, a brand is what represents the values of a company and aims to create awareness and trust.

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False advertising and TM infringement receive very different damages treatment: case in point

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17, 2023) Another entry in the โ€œcourts treat Lanham Act false advertising very differently than Lanham Act trademark infringement, despite identical damages provisionsโ€ line. CareDx sued Natera for false advertising. Natera, Inc., 19-662-CFC, 2023 WL 4561059 (D. Natera made superiority claims for its Prospera.