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The SAD Scheme as an Institutional Failure

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] As a super-notice, it can produce cash payouts from settlements or default judgments (which are enforced against the cash held at the online marketplace, so they have actual value).

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Precedential No. 24: TTAB Rejects Law School Amicus Brief, Denies Partial Summary Judgment, and Tosses Out Six Affirmative Defense

The TTABlog

in the field of wake, ski, surf, snowboard, motocross, mountain bike, BMX, and skate” portion of the Contested Services, Jones argued that Monster "produced no evidence in discovery that it has ever trained athletes under the [marks of the Counterclaimed Registrations],” and the Contested Services "have never been advertised or sold."

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Now Is Really the Time to Pay Attention to Dark Patterns – Seriously

LexBlog IP

Well for starters, attention to dark patterns has migrated from workshops, speeches and press releases to complaints and a consent order. In the recent $100 million FTC settlement with Vonage, the consent order specifically prohibited the use of dark patterns to frustrate cancellation efforts. Why do we say that?