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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Troia wasn’t offering any services at all, but also, note the ad copy–the headline says “horror story” and the text says “They abruptly fired me,” which were pretty good tipoffs to consumers of what they should expect at the link. To marketplace alternatives that they independently discover and vet?
43(B)log
JANUARY 19, 2022
14, 2022) Once in a blue moon, a false advertising-based antitrust claim survives a motion to dismiss in a circuit that imposes a list of excessive requirements on such claims. Consumers and advertisers adequately alleged that Facebook has monopoly power in social network/social media (consumers) and social advertising markets.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JUNE 8, 2024
In 2020, the plaintiff learned that “Defendant was using Plaintiff’s Marks in online tamale advertisements and in Google AdWords, which placed Defendant’s products above Plaintiff’s products in search results for the phrase ‘Texas Tamale.'” ” That prompted this litigation. ” Uh oh. LoanStreet v.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
To many trademark owners, it’s a simple decision to sue when the advertiser includes the trademark in the ad copy. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet So why did I say the case was stupid? Allied Modular Building Systems, Inc.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 30, 2023
The litigants directly compete. It would be accurate to classify this ruling as another trademark owner loss in a competitive keyword advertising case, despite the fact that the trademark appears in the ad copy. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Mark similarity.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
JANUARY 8, 2024
the rival included ad copy telling consumers they were buying the trademark owner’s items when they weren’t. In that time, the parties have waged innumerable formal battles over seemingly everything available to parties in civil litigation: countless discovery disputes, motions for sanctions, and two rounds of summary judgment.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Teami ($15 million settlement, all but $1 million suspended), where there were other bad things like fighting cancer claims and also nondisclosure by influencers like Cardi B.
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