SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 26, 2022

23, the BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit ( CARU ), the self-reg watchdog responsible for monitoring ads directed to people U13, issued a new compliance warning for advertising practices directed to children in the metaverse. ” Defining what we mean by “metaverse” is important.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Opportunities WIPO - Associate Legal Officer - Geneva, Switzerland A position as Associate Legal Officer at WIPO is currently being advertised. The workshop venue will be the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich. More information about the conference and registration can be found here.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

[These are my rough-draft talk notes from a recent workshop of trademark law professors.] As another example of the significance of non-appellate law, Google’s trademark policy is the de facto trademark law of online keyword advertising. Second, the SAD Scheme is swallowing up the rest of trademark law.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Quintanilla alleged that WW’s cancellation of in-person services, and transition of its workshop services online, without issuing refunds or any reduction in membership fees, violated the usual California consumer-protection statutes and constituted breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and money had and received. WW Int’l, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

But back here, other than high-level, broad definitions that could theoretically deem advertising itself a dark pattern, there has been a lack of clarity on the issue. Back in April 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) conducted a workshop on dark patterns. The reader is simply left to speculate.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

For those who are new to this, the dot com guides (technically and annoyingly titled the “ com” guides) are a helpful source document to look at when you are trying to figure out how and when to make disclosures, particularly in digital advertising. This could have a significant impact on some advertising claims going forward.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

David Adler takes clients through the ins-and-outs of providing advertisers, merchants, agencies and affiliates the tools they need for running a trustworthy and successful business. On May 25, 2022 David Adler is presenting Trafficking in Trust: How to Enhance Affiliate Engagement an AMDays Workshop at Affiliate Summit East 22.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We informed our readers about the five-day course/workshop on ‘Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents in the Developing World’ from December 10- 14 in Kochi, Kerala. The court relied on its previous orders which dealt with identical facts and had ordered for advertisement therein.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. In recent weeks, over a thousand companies have received these letters, which cover a variety of advertising and marketing practices, including endorsements , business opportunities and for-profit education claims.

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Above the Fold

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Junk fees have been the subject of FTC investigations, enforcement actions, workshops, research and consumer and business education outreach. This is not the first time that the FTC has made moves to protect consumers against junk fee practices.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Why don’t those results spell certain trademark infringement doom for the army of retailers that use those terms in their advertising? Build-A-Bear Workshop did this to register its “CyBEAR Monday” trademark. Our earlier blog post has further discussion of descriptive vs. distinctive.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Well for starters, attention to dark patterns has migrated from workshops, speeches and press releases to complaints and a consent order. Well, that definition worries us more than a little bit because, as we’ve repeatedly said, isn’t advertising in part intended to manipulate, even if in the nicest possible, non-misleading way?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

Given that it took 26 months to get to a proposal, we would be willing to suggest another year, largely because the FTC has been pushed to address the alleged evils of kid influencers and is holding a workshop in October to gather more information. As expected, this proposal is not a revelation.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Tata SIA Airlines, vacating the ex parte interim injunction granted against Vistara’s use of term “Fly Higher” in its advertisements. We informed our reader about a workshop on ‘Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field’ organized by IUCIPRS, CUSAT, and Third World Network from December 4- 8, 2022 in Kochi, Kerala. Opportunities.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 23, 2022

International Trademark Class 35 – Advertising and business services. International Trademark Class 35 – Advertising and business services. advertising and public relations. Class 31 – Agricultural products. Class 32 – Light beverages. Class 33 – Wines and spirits.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2021

International Trademark Class 35 – Advertising and business services. advertising and public relations. Class 41 services involve educating or entertaining individuals, such as: organizing and conducting educational events online or in-person, providing non-downloadable classes and workshops, and podcasts and e-sports.

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43(B)log

JULY 21, 2023

but also narrows the issues somewhat; the larger infringement, cybersquatting, and false advertising claims can’t be resolved on summary judgment. Defendant LHB is a former distributor now selling used Tasers that its owner refurbishes in his home workshop. Axon didn’t seek to enjoin the sales of refurbished Tasers.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2021

OPPORTUNITIES Gunnercooke | Intellectual Property Paralegal (job vacancy) The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) has recently advertised a new IP job vacancy. A practical workshop on " IP Licensing: An Advanced level drafting workshop " will be held online on 1-2 February and 14-15 June 2022.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Staff Report is derived from a virtual workshop the FTC held in April 2021 addressing user interfaces across websites and mobile apps. Otherwise, as exhibited by the FTC’s latest enforcement action against dark patterns, failing to employ appropriate marketing and advertising could end up costing you … $100 million.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 12, 2022

” More specifically, the agency issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security and announced a related workshop on the topic. The next public discussion on the rulemaking will occur at an FTC Workshop that is being held virtually on September 8.

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43(B)log

JUNE 30, 2023

Keller: advertisers will also say they don’t want their content next to spam, porn, etc. Happening on YouTube here—line between UGC and “professional” content are very blurry. Are they asking YT or is YT requesting them to provide content? And requiring licensing from YT providers, including individual users, blurs this further.

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