43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2021

5, 2021) The plaintiff benefits from very generous treatment of its false designation and copyright claims, in the process stripping false designation of anything other than a prohibition on copying/vitiating both Wal-Mart and Dastar. 2021 WL 1253803, No. 20-cv-06957-VKD (N.D. The court agreed!

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

28, 2022) Outlaw lost its bid for a preliminary injunction enjoining Santos, aka OSD Audio, from selling products containing user manuals that allegedly infringed Outlaw’s copyright, falsely represented OSD Audio products’ specifications, and falsely represented that OSD Audio and Outlaw’s products are similar. Prager Univ.

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43(B)log

JULY 3, 2023

But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.”

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

2, 2022) Before the jury verdict in favor of Monster’s false advertising claim was this opinion resolving evidentiary issues. They weren’t directly asked about the phrase “Super Creatine,” whether participants had prior experiences with or opinions of Bang, or whether they had seen Vital’s advertising in the market.

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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2022

They then agreed that Chiusa would create and operate a website, colorcopper.com, marketing and distributing Stubenrauch’s copper sheets “to a new industry for copper countertops, bar tops and kitchen backsplash.” The parties worked together to launch a website selling Stubenrauch’s copper lampshades and mirrors. 1” therein.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 31, 2024

Its lawsuit reeks of an opportunistic attempt to profit from State Farm’s mistake rather than a legitimate effort to protect its copyright from real market harm. Atari asserts claims not only for copyright infringement but also “business disparagement,” unfair competition and false advertising as well.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 26, 2022

24, 2022) This seems like a silly result to me, shifting the burden to comparative advertisers, but it's often much harder to get summary judgment in a trademark case than in comparable cases. The parties compete in the industrial fastener market. Nor did the existence of other designs disprove functionality.

False Advertising 59

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

False urgency is a marketing tactic that creates a false sense of scarcity to pressure consumers into making a purchase, often resulting in dark patterns, limited stock, and unexpected delivery. The DoCA had illustrated 10 practices as dark patterns. They are: 1.

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43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2024

He posted the Cube design and 3D print files on Thingiverse.com, the largest site for 3D print objects. Thingiverse cube Kitchen Cube made and sold copies of the Cube. Kitchen Cube also stated on its website that “we designed and manufactured every kitchen measuring device in one easy to use gadget.”

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Copyright Infringement 59

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Kaira District Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited and Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. Kaira also owns common law design marks which are displayed on the websites www.amul.com and www.amuldairy.com. AMUL Canada , 2021 FC 636 is the most recent example of the effectiveness of default judgment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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. However, this bill is itself a giant counterfeit. ” I mean, pretty much every physical product meets this definition, right?

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IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

‘Influencer marketing,’ albeit a new word, has emerged as one of the most effective strategies to create money across all industries. In today’s market, a distinct brand identity is critical in all company sectors. For modern designers, this may be both a blessing and a curse. Build your market reputation.

Social Media 45

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 28, 2022

17, 2022) Along with the headline-worthy nature of the claim (“ITALY’S #1 BRAND OF PASTA” plausibly falsely communicates Italian origin), the decision contains an extended discussion of judicial notice on a motion to dismiss v. incorporation of documents into the complaint by reference, both often significant in false advertising cases.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 28, 2022

The design of its engagement rings is famously called the “Tiffany settings” which is a style of six-prong diamond setting. Under the Lanham Act a trademark infringement occurs when- (1) the subject mark is entitled to protection and (2) when the copied mark is likely to be confused with the subject mark. “A Image Source: gettyimage].

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

So too w/false advertising. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] It’s market definition. RT: [I agree on the subgroup issue: soup spoon; car is a subset of vehicle; apple for fruit is a subgroup; key aspect may be another way of saying market-defined subgroup. Death closes things off.

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43(B)log

MAY 2, 2023

21, 2023) ExeGi sued Brookfield for state and federal false advertising/tortious interference. The parties compete in the market for probiotics. Visbiome “is one of the most extensively studied probiotics on the market, having been the subject of more than 70 human clinical trials.”

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43(B)log

MARCH 6, 2024

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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43(B)log

JULY 20, 2023

“ In general, advertisements provide consumers with information regarding products or services for sale in commerce. Under Section 12 of the FTC Act, an “advertisement” is a publication that has the “tendency or capability to induce the sale of [a] product.” The COVID-19 Act was enacted on December 27, 2020.

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2022

Bimbo sells Grandma Sycamore’s Home-Maid Bread; it sued defendants, who include the baker who developed the Grandma Sycamore’s recipe, for trade secret misappropriation, trade dress infringement, and false advertising when it sold a comparable bread product, Grandma Emilie’s, with the tagline “Fresh.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example. Designed in US” can also work. Greenbaum: Environmental marketing: Little FTC enforcement but some states have enacted more stringent requirements or made Green Guides into enforceable rules.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 18, 2021

were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. The Composite Design Mark registration specifically acknowledged that it made “no claim. apart from the mark as shown.”

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tofurky has never been the subject of enforcement action by any federal agency for marketing or labeling its products in a misleading manner. Plus, its labels and marketing materials prominently identified its products as “all vegan,” “plant based,” “vegetarian,” “veggie,” or “made with pasture raised plants” on the front of its packages.

Law 56

Law False Advertising Designs Design 56

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

More specifically, several market research studies have noted that the introduction of trade dress protection has significantly benefited and furthered the food and beverage industry. Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act specifically deals with the statutory remedies that are available for false advertising.

Law 52

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. Marketing channels. Or, at the most, confuse Defendant’s app with Plaintiffs’ This situation is different from the websites in Network Automation and Playboy, which were clearly distinguished with ad designations.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Luxy also allegedly infringed plaintiffs’ copyrights by copying their terms of use and privacy policy and by using plaintiffs’ trademark “SA” in the description of its privacy policies. On the other hand, because Seeking is on Google Play, confusion is also more likely there because of the similarity of marketing channels.

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False Advertising Privacy Advertising Advertising 72

43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2021

As alleged in the initial complaint, Charter mailed solicitations whose envelopes “used Windstream’s trademark and copied the same distinct color pattern from Windstream’s current advertising campaign.” Does its awareness of the stay mean that its false advertising violates the automatic stay? In re Alert Hldgs.,

False Advertising 119

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Law 119

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

IP 124

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Christine Haight Farley: connecting to Katyal’s paper: “Indian man” design code. There is a design code for marijuana leaves; you just can’t get a cannabis ID. Christine Haight Farley, Design Authenticity Book project, still shaping up. Nelson was second design director of Herman Miller Co. but helpful to research.

Designs 59

Designs Design Law Design Patent 59

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We can make things excludable through tech and law, making things that previously looked like public goods providable by private markets. Book project: how do we reconcile that with our intuitions about markets and distributive justice? Obligation not to stop copying, or a right to stop copying, is different.

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Trademark Advertising Advertising 45

43(B)log

APRIL 26, 2022

The trial court found Ethicon committed 153,351 violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and 121,844 violations of the False Advertising Law (FAL) and imposed a $1,250 civil penalty for each violation. So too with its marketing communications to doctors and patients.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

These surveys are now designed to suppress that uncertainty and not let it appear in the courtroom b/c we just want numbers. There’s a strain of marketing literature that uses scanner data: tries to measure effect of brand extension on parent brand. New market entry opportunities? Most people are not really sure!

Trademark 72

Trademark Marketing Marketing Advertising 72

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Thus, nonexpressive uses don’t interfere w/the kind of interest © is designed to protect, which is why they are such strong candidates for fair use. Are the outputs copies of the training data? Copying takes place prior to training; converted into tokens and training is a process of adjusting weights in the model, not copying tokens.

Social Media 52

Social Media Fair Use Advertising Advertising 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Businesses harm consumers only in a few ways—false advertising, monopoly prices, defective products. Likewise, essential facilities doctrine, edging toward common carrier—firms that control essential/important bottleneck for market participation can be required to give access. What are you going to do instead, advertise on Bing?

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