False Advertising Government Trademark Law 
Erik K Pelton
DECEMBER 20, 2022
On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. Unfortunately, 2022 was yet another year in which trademark scams have continued to proliferate, and new scams were uncovered that dupe trademark filers in various ways. 2020: [link].
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
That’s why, for example, Section 230 preempts state criminal prosecutions (except for the recent FOSTA exception ) but preserves federal criminal prosecutions–that approach ensures that Internet services have only a single body of criminal law to worry about. See, e.g., Ripple v.
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43(B)log
OCTOBER 11, 2023
They sought at least $45 million from the government of Puerto Rico for issuing a commemorative license plate for the fiftieth anniversary of Roberto Clemente’s “Hit 3000,” at $21/plate. The court doesn’t explain its reasoning but it seems to think this bolsters the conclusion that this was not a trademark use.
SpicyIP
MARCH 10, 2024
In their written statement, the Defendants claimed distinctions between the marks and denied any unlawful activities, asserting that their trademark application for ‘NOVYA’ covered a broader range of goods, and commercial activities had not yet commenced.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Indeed, I imagine rightsowners will coordinate their NOCIs to ensure that small services clear this threshold and are obligated to comply with the law. Thus, the 10 lifetime NOCIs threshold is a ruse to mislead people that smaller services aren’t governed by the law, when of course they will be. What’s Regulated?
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 13, 2022
Amazon case is “directly on point and forecloses Plaintiff’s ability to bring this claim as a matter of law.” ” The false designation of origin claim is similarly governed by the Ninth Circuit’s Lasoff v. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Amazon ruling. Reyes & Adler v.
43(B)log
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Although “third parties have used Flora-Bama in the titles of third parties’ artistic works with Plaintiffs’ oral or written permission,” that doesn’t make this a title-v-title case: Basic trademark law demonstrates why. Under the First Amendment, the government has no business promoting the first documentary over the second.
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