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influencers aren't advertisers' agents, materiality can be common sense, & more in supplement case

43(B)log

Was this commercial advertising or promotion? Elysium argued that Right of Assembly was “a marketing website for Tru Niagen for which ChromaDex pays commissions to Shelly Albaum for Tru Niagen customers referred through the website.” Thus, any false advertising claim would lie against Albaum, not [directly] against ChromaDex.

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Preventing Trademark Infringement or Stifling Healthy Competition? A Look at 1-800 Contacts and its Keyword Advertising Battle

LexBlog IP

It is difficult to remember a time when keyword advertising did not dominate the internet. Most search engines, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, maintain keyword advertising programs which allow advertisers to bid on search terms and keywords that drive customers searching for a particular product or service to their website.

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2023 Internet Law Year-in-Review

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

My roundup of the top Internet Law developments of 2023: 10) California court bans targeted advertising (?). Regulators have sought to suppress online targeted advertising for years, with only minimal success. In turn, advertisers have fled Twitter. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward.

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Vandor Group Inc. Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Batesville Casket Company

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Starmark Cremation Products began in 2004 designing and marketing a small line of engineered cremation solutions. They have designed, marketing and manufactured Sensible Solutions for its customers. Vandor began by specializing in custom die-cutting of chipboard and corrugated fiberboard components. Hillenbrand.

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Think Keyword Metatags Are Dead? They Are (Except in Court)–Reflex v. Luxy

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The court recounts the perennially problematic Brookfield case and how the 2004 Playboy v. 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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Trademark Infringement in the Digital Age

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction In today’s digital economy, trademarks play an important role in developing a brand’s identity, establishing customer trust, and assuring market competition. The accessibility of Internet markets and the ease with which information may be shared have given rise to new opportunities for trademark infringement.

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maintaining ex-employees' voicemail/email doesn't violate Lanham Act or right of publicity

43(B)log

Lanham Act false advertising: Failing to delete email and voicemail accounts is not “commercial advertising or promotion.” Omissions and inactions of this sort do not constitute either ordinary advertising or “a systematic communicative endeavor to persuade possible customers to buy the seller’s product.” The court cited Mktg.