43(B)log

APRIL 29, 2022

Eventually, instead of monthly compensation, Von Berg offered Hawrych a 10% ownership interest in Nutra-Luxe, which worked for 16 years. Thus, the false advertising claim would be dismissed. False advertising law has a much more structured way of accounting for implications than trademark law does.

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Registering Trademarks 45

SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

Currently, Bhaker is managed by iOS Sports & Entertainment, who released a statement calling such unauthorized advertising as “moment marketing free of cost,” and issued a legal notice to the above brands to take such commercials down, contending that such advertisements violated their ownership of Bhaker’s personality rights.

Branding 105

Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 105

43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Algthough Logan published the photos on Wikimedia under a Creative Commons license, he alleged that Meta stripped the photos of all identifying information and falsely identified itself as the owner by displaying its “copyright tag on the bottom of each Facebook user page,” breaching the license. 3d 1137 (9th Cir. 3d 1300 (Fed.

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Licensing 45

43(B)log

JANUARY 17, 2023

False advertising: Sybersound Recs., 2008), held that misrepresentations about copyright licensing status did not relate to the “nature, characteristics, and quality” of a good under §43(a)(1)(B), unlike “the visual and audio quality of the good.” Copyright ownership information is CMI. 3d 1137 (9th Cir.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Ownership Copyright Copying 59

43(B)log

OCTOBER 10, 2023

DealMaker alleged that defendants stole its trade secrets and also alleged violation of state and federal false advertising law. Challenged claim: DealMaker’s customers do not retain ownership over their own data. DealMaker noted that Issuance’s own terms include a provision that allows Issuance to license its data.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Ownership Advertising Advertising 59

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

WPI counterclaimed against Restellini and third-party Institut Restellini SAS – Documentation Centre alleging copyright infringement and false advertising. In 2017, WI granted WPI an automatically renewable, exclusive license to use and exploit the content of all of WI’s materials, including the Modigliani material.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Artwork IP Advertising 59

43(B)log

MARCH 23, 2023

“Regardless of which device is used to access digital content, or which ‘iTunes’ app is used to buy or rent the digital content, the app provides a tab or folder labeled ‘purchased.’ ” But when third parties terminate their licensing agreements with Apple, Apple “must revoke [a] consumer[’s] access” to purchased digital content “without warning.”

Licensing 72

Licensing Advertising Advertising Ownership 72

IIPRD

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, in order to have legal proof of ownership, it is always advisable to register for copyright registration. If the Artist had registered his work as Copyright, he would have had legal proof of ownership in this situation. Obtain legal ownership verification. False advertising should be avoided when defaming a product.

Social Media 45

Social Media Intellectual Property Non-Fungible Tokens Music 45

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A: False advertising context: FTC/state AGs. Jim Gibson: Connection to other forms of abandonment through naked licensing/transfer in gross—it’s difficult to find standing b/c you have to find someone willing to take a chance. Consumer standing: how do you propose showing consumers are actually affected?

Trademark 45

Trademark False Advertising Fair Use Branding 45

43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

Most common reason: change of ownership or structure, merger, acquisition, sponsorship change, shift from private to public, demerger Change in corporate strategy—globalization or localization, diversify or divest. Sheff: What about licensing/merchandising in this system? A single user can obfuscate its past identity from its present.

Social Media 40

Social Media Fair Use Advertising Advertising 40

43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The district court held that Rimini had, in fact, infringed by engaging in cross-use prohibited by PeopleSoft license agreements and that an update created for the City of Eugenes PeopleSoft software environment was a derivative work. Mere labeling of an arrangement as a license, while relevant, is not itself dispositive.

Derivative Work 98

Derivative Work Copying Ownership Licensing 98

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For about a decade, courts had realized that IIC had gone way too far, and had expanded liability in ways that didn’t protect consumers and facilitated anticompetitive claims about false advertising. May 20, 2021) (R&R) renting existing equipment; Pine was formerly one of Proactive’s licensed distributors for the pumps.

IP 94

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 94

43(B)log

MARCH 14, 2025

Its subhead was: Gordons Fine Wine Acquires Ownership Stake in One of the Nations Longest-Running Food and Wine Events. Amy Baxter, Licensing Administrator at the Nantucket Police Department, met with Gordon and subsequently emailed a third party about a change in ownership and management of the Wine Fest.

False Advertising 52

False Advertising Ownership Brands Branding 52