IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2023

For example, can personality rights be viewed as an extension of the right to privacy? Scripps-Howard, the US Supreme Court distinguished the right of publicity from the right to privacy and ruled in favor of Zaccchini for the unauthorized broadcast of his performance by the defendant under publicity rights. In Gautam Gambhir v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The manufacturer can sue the seller for copying its shots; the manufacturer can sue for false advertising if non-official shots aren’t “accurate,” and freelancers love to sue over product shots they took and ones they think are too similar to the ones they took.]. Who Cares About Privacy?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

This is a false advertising lawsuit again the mobile app game Game of Thrones: Conquest. The account formation process included a screen where a user could proceed only by clicking on the “play” button: Warner Bros. sought to send the case to arbitration. The district court disagreed. Warner Bros.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If the clinic is falsely claiming that he is, that’s false advertising and possibly defamation. If he is, either the clinic is violating medical privacy rules or 50 Cent consented to the disclosure, and that consent could potentially extend to the photo. This opinion raises more questions than it answers.

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JULY 23, 2024

Preface Chapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: What is an Advertisement? Chapter 3: False Advertising Overview Chapter 4: Deception Chapter 5: Which Facts Matter?

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JUNE 26, 2023

The underlying lawsuit asserted misappropriation of images and likenesses for advertising purposes under state law; violation of the Virginia business conspiracy statute; and violations of the Lanham Act for false advertising and false association. The use of another’s advertising idea in your “advertisement”; or g.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2023

50 Cent alleged that MedSpa’s owner, Angela Kogan, asked for a picture with him when he was coincidentally in MedSpa’s proximity.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

A couple of specifics: The false advertising claims don’t escape 230: “Had those third-party users refrained from posting harmful content, Plaintiffs’ claims that Defendants falsely advertised and misrepresented their applications’ safety would not be cognizable.”

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2024

In this post, I will look at the following questions: i) whether such advertisements can be regarded as an infringement of personality rights, and ii) in what circumstances can such congratulatory messages be posted? Personality Rights: Publicity or Privacy?

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

Florida law prohibits the unauthorized publication of a person’s name or likeness for a commercial or advertising purpose without express written or oral consent. Invasion of privacy: Jackson’s allegations supported misappropriation and false light theories. Lanham Act false endorsement: Yep. False advertising: Same.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Thus, Hepp’s statutory claim against Facebook is about the commercial effect on her intellectual property, not about protected speech. As the minority opinion says in a footnote, “Although the majority compares the right of publicity to patent, copyright, and (especially) trademark rights, they clearly are not the same thing.”

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

23, 2020) MFSA brought trademark dilution and false advertising claims against Netflix for its portrayal in the film “The Laundromat.” Libel/false light claims aren’t addressed in this decision; see below.) Rogers governed the false advertising claim. CV 19-9330-CBM-AS(x) (C.D. It’s about money laundering.)

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APRIL 15, 2024

Although she alleged violations of the federal and Minnesota wiretap statutes and the Minnesota health records statute (which all survived the motion to dismiss), I’ll focus on claims under the Minnesota consumer fraud statute, the Minnesota deceptive trade practices statute, and common law claims of invasion of privacy and unjust enrichment.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Pop star Rihanna has dropped a case instituted by her in 2019 against her father for false advertising and invasion of privacy. The popular database Honey Impact, for the game Genshin Impact, is being threatened to be taken down in light of warnings issued by the legal staff of miHoYo, the game’s developer.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Mary Catherine Amerine, Reasonably Careless Consumers in False Advertising and Trademark Consumers can devote much more (or less) time to a decision than seems rational for the amount of risk/benefit in their lives. Court expects consumers to be reasonably prudent in both TM and false advertising.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Enigma sued its competitor Malwarebytes for Lanham Act false advertising and NY business torts for designating its products as “malicious,” “threats,” and “potentially unwanted programs” (PUPs). Enigma alleged that its software products “(i) detect and remove malicious software (i.e.,

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Previously, the court denied Robinhood’s motion to dismiss claims for negligence and violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the constitutional right to privacy, and the unlawful and unfair prongs of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL). Was it plausible that plaintiffs relied on the Financial Privacy Notice?

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MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.”

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

They brought claims under the Lanham Act, Wisconsin’s privacy statute, and Wisconsin’s common law of negligence. I will note here, as I often do, that in a false advertising case these allegations would likely be treated as conclusory at best. Not to mention that “dilution” is not the same thing as false endorsement!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 18, 2023

And then…the Ninth Circuit got the case again… The Majority Opinion After the Supreme Court cert denial, the district court ruled that Malwarebytes’ “malicious” and “threat” classifications were “non-actionable statements of opinion” and thus could not support a Lanham Act false advertising claim.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Here’s a not-so-short list of other laws that might apply to web scraping: Copyright, trademark, breach of contract, unfair competition, unfair and deceptive trade practices, trespass to chattels, conversion, state law trade secrets, the DTSA, tortious interference with a contract, tortious interference with a prospective economic advantage, dilution, (..)

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JANUARY 25, 2022

For other statements about the wattage/irradiance of Mito Red’s products, it was not conclusory to allege that Platinum’s statements were false because the products were truthfully advertised as five watts: that alleged falsity even if there could be a factual dispute over measurement.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

The survey explained to respondents what was happening; they could click on and read the Plaid privacy policy before going forward. This went to the claim that required evidence of damage to goodwill (that is, false advertising). The control group argument gave the court more pause.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The court certified a question to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Under what circumstances, if any, is material publicly posted to social media platforms inherently unknowable for purposes of applying the discovery rule in the context of defamation, right to publicity, right to privacy and related tort claims?

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Dignitary interests: false light, IIED, privacy typically expire w/person. So too w/false advertising. Assumptions skipped over in TM/false advertising analysis.] There is some exception for actions immediately surrounding death or moment of burial. Death closes things off.

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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. McNeil. * Three Keyword Advertising Decisions in a Week, and the Trademark Owners Lost Them All. * Competitor Gets Pyrrhic Victory in False Advertising Suit Over Search Ads–Harbor Breeze v. Reyes & Adler v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

False advertising and misleading representations: Dark patterns often involve misleading representations about products, services, or offers. These representations could include false claims about trademarked features, which could result in legal action for false advertising and trademark infringement.

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APRIL 27, 2022

Under California law, the right of privacy protects against injury to the feelings/peace of mind, and Indiana and Ohio courts have indicated that their statutory rights also stem from the common-law right of privacy. Would a court in an ordinary false advertising case be so willing to find potential deception?

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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. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the court doesn’t even discuss the differences between false advertising and trademark, grouping it all into §1125(a).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Harms: speech, consumer protection (false advertising/disappointed expectations), competition/antitrust, innovation/fair use, interoperability, accessibility, security and privacy, environmental harms of unrepairable devices. Bruce Boyden: Privacy cases about the privacy torts also do so. Repair: ???

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service. Privacy is also a hot topic: CCPA in California is now effective [or as Eric Goldman might say, it’s in effect].

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AUGUST 3, 2023

3) reasonable measures to safeguard privacy interests. (4) 4) detailed records of works used and their provenance. Sonia Katyal, A Trademark Theory of Rebranding Lots of rebranding out there. Cultural and economic factors (change in what the business does over time, including startup drift and embrace then rejection of crypto).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

As a general legal counsel, my work covers a bit of everything, but I mostly focus on privacy and compliance matters for some of my large clients who operate applications in the U.S. I always learn something new.” ” “Im a senior lawyer at an IT company based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Does a link to a privacy policy provide effective notice? 3) double identity and advertising: note that in the US comparisons for house brands are often made on the bottle or package! (4) 4) False advertising has similar theories to those discussed by Burrell in the US: misleading v.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Businesses harm consumers only in a few ways—false advertising, monopoly prices, defective products. Business frame obscures broader privacy harms. The roles of business and consumer have been applied flatly and wrongly. Businesses have been assumed to be asocial; consumers are satisfying self-interest.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We Already Have Laws for That : Existing laws on fraud, misrepresentation, and false advertising already protect against genuine cases of consumer deception. Our legal system already has robust protections against false advertising and consumer fraud. This distinction is crucial.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The State’s amended complaint in Cause PL-401 alleges that, in its privacy policy, TikTok has omitted information on which a reasonable person would likely rely in deciding whether to download and access the app—namely, that the government of China would have access to TikTok’s collected personal data.

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