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Local Medical Supply Store Sued for Selling Counterfeit Products

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

for trademark infringement, false advertising and patent infringement. The EMSCULPT is a non-invasive medical device designed to stimulate muscle contraction using electromagnetic energy. BTL Industries holds several trademarks related to its products, including the EMSCULPT trademark under USPTO Registration No.

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Former Employees and their New Employer Sued Over Stolen Software

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MaddenCo owns Copyright Registration Number TX0009171151 entitled “The Tire Dealer System” with an effective registration date of August 26, 2022. Per Plaintiff’s website, MaddenCo is a privately held family business and has been for over 40 years. According to the complaint, both Defendants Reed and Darby were employed by MaddenCo.

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WIPIP session 4: ™ & Consumers

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Mary Katherine Amerine, Reasonably Careless Consumers in TM & False Advertising How do courts treat consumers in TM and false advertising cases? False advertising uses v different framework: consider the challenged ad as a whole, including disclaimers and qualifying language. Beer Nuts, Bulls’ Eye v.

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(c), TM, and other claims from busted partnership to sell colored copper fixtures

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CC has a recent trademark registration for a design mark “consist[ing] of the stylized wording ‘COLOR COPPER.COM”, [with] a diamond shape between the wording ‘COLOR’ and ‘COPPER’ made up of four smaller diamonds, each diamond having a pattern inside of it,” COPPER.COM disclaimed. There’s a similar copyright registration for this site.

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ABI Attachments, Inc. of Mishawaka Sues for Alleged Trademark Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Trademark Registration No. ABI claims it has attained significant goodwill throughout the United States and the world and that Defendants alleged misleading and false advertisements have caused irreparable damage to ABI’s reputation.

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

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He posted the Cube design and 3D print files on Thingiverse.com, the largest site for 3D print objects. Kitchen Cube also stated on its website that “we designed and manufactured every kitchen measuring device in one easy to use gadget.” The breach of contract claim survived. False advertising: Only ok against Kitchen Cube.

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The SHOP SAFE Act Is a Terrible Bill That Will Eliminate Online Marketplaces

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

It claims to focus on “counterfeits” that could harm consumer “health and safety,” but those are both lies designed to make the bill seem narrower and more balanced than it actually is. Normally trademark owners aren’t third-party beneficiaries of that contract. A new frontier for a trade war.].

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