The TTABlog

MARCH 17, 2022

In 2009, Viacom let lapse its registration for DOUBLE DARE for production and distribution of a children's game show. Applicant Armstrong contended that Viacocm abandoned the DOUBLE DARE mark between 2009 and 2018, and so Armstrong filed its intent-to-use application in January 2018. Reruns followed.

Television 78

Television Social Media Trademark Registration 78

43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs: Each of the plaintiffs has a significant number of followers on various social media platforms, ranging from greater than ten thousand to several million, and most are “considered social media influencers.” The court was guided by Electra v. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

Social Media 59

Social Media False Advertising Advertising Advertising 59

IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For example, social media has been widely discussing the impact of micro-plastics on the environment and contemplating methods to reduce its release. A class action could also be initiated by the consumers themselves as a whole, being victims of false advertising.

Branding 80

Branding Brands Branding Trademark 80

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

The judgment also offers an insight into how the courts will view a party’s efforts to attract media attention by publicising their proceedings, as John Lewis said was the case here. Since 2009, these advertisements have been created by leading agency, adam&eve.

Copyright 52

Copyright Copying Copyright Infringement Social Media 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

We hope this means the FTC will take into account when a post targets, say, the gaming community with its own language or Gen Zers who have grown up with social media. The FTC gives examples of older people and kids as two such audiences with potentially different capacities. Is using such quotes with stock images an issue?

Social Media 52

Social Media Advertising Advertising Branding 52

The TTABlog

JUNE 10, 2021

The Board then applied the CAFC's Converse analysis to applicant's evidence: use of the proposed mark since 2007, approximately 250,000 units sold for $3M in revenue, $25,000 spent for advertising, promotion of mark on social media an on its website, and a ranking for several years as the best-selling and highest-rated pellet on Amazon.com.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Social Media Marketing 52

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today, the prevalence of such activities can be seen in online rummy advertisements on social media and the 2013 IPL match-fixing scandal. Sikkim stands as the only state with an online gambling statute, the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Act, 2008, and the Sikkim Online Gaming Rules, 2009.

Law 72

Law Licensing Government Advertising 72

TorrentFreak

JULY 21, 2022

Founded in 2009 and based in Sweden, Epidemic Sound has a library of more than 35,000 music soundtracks and 90,000 sound effects. Epidemic says Meta is generating revenue on the back of this infringement but thus far, Meta hasn’t obtained a license or shared any portion of its advertising revenue with the music company.

Music 127

Music Copyright Infringement Licensing Copyright 127

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The court held that the defendant’s advertising falls under the ambit of permissible comparative advertising, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims and emphasized on a competitor’s right to prevent disparagement while allowing reasonable product promotion. POI Social Media Pvt. Humans of Bombay Stories Pvt.

Due Diligence 59

Due Diligence Invention IP Copyright 59

43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2021

2021) Plaintiffs/Debtors argued, and the court held in relevant part, that defendants (Charter) breached the automatic stay by a literally false and intentionally misleading advertising campaign to induce the Debtors’ customers to terminate their agreements with the Debtors by telling them that bankruptcy risked impairment of their service.

False Advertising 119

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Law 119

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The court summarizes the allegations: Plaintiffs John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 allege that when they were thirteen years old they were solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and manipulated into providing to a third-party sex trafficker pornographic videos (“the Videos”) of themselves through the social media platform Snapchat.

Blogging 108

Blogging Publishing Social Media Advertising 108

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

Law 112

Law Social Media Government Privacy 112