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1202 and Lanham Act claims can't save lawsuit against embedding photos

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But the claim still failed for failure to plead registration of those photos, though again there was leave to amend. Lanham Act false advertising: The theory was that Meta misrepresented “the creation and ownership” of Logan’s photos. 3d 1137 (9th Cir. Baden Sports, Inc. Molten USA, Inc., 3d 1300 (Fed.

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Gema USA, Inc. Sues Former Employee for Alleged Patent & Trademark Infringement

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

according to their website, was formed by Monte McClung in 2009 after a 20 year Career at Gema. Registration No. Registration Date. 271 , Trademark Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, and Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, and False Advertising, under 15 U.S.C. §§ 114 and 1125(a).

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Green Washing Vis-A-Vis Green Trade Marks

IP and Legal Filings

The hypothesis for the study was whether, if the applications for registration of goods contained “green signs” applied to them, they were indicators of the brand being driven by the ideas of sustainability or environmental consciousness. The hypothesis was confirmed, hence popularising the concept of eco-marks among the business giants.

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Overreaching and delay lead to defeat of TM owner's claims

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were valid and infringed, but the latter wasn’t counterfeited; SMRI’s dilution victory was vacated, but not its victories on deceptive trade practices, ACPA, false advertising, and unfair competition. The Composite Design Mark registration specifically acknowledged that it made “no claim. apart from the mark as shown.”