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Dark Patterns Unmasked: Examining Their Influence on Digital Platforms and User Behaviour

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Dark Patterns Unmasked: Examining Their Influence on Digital Platforms and User Behaviour Srijaa Grover and Yaggya Kapoor Harry Brignull introduced the concept of “dark patterns” in 2010, describing them as deceptive tactics aimed at boosting conversion rates.

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Inter American Convention allows claims that Lanham Act makes dubious after Abitron; but what about Article III?

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Industria, based on Colombia, produces and distributes food products under two relevant brand names: Zenú and Ranchera. They’re successful brands: approximately $300,000,000 annually in sales of Zenú products and $100,000,000 in sales of Ranchera products. Prior import plans in 2010-11 were paused.

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antitrust claim against Suboxone, including false advertising, survives summary judgment

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22, 2022) The court here allows an antitrust claim to proceed based in part on allegedly false/misleading statements because they form part of the alleged anticompetitive product-hopping scheme and because the unique characteristics of the drug market make market-based responses to false advertising difficult.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan in 2010, and his B.S. Vivian Cheng focuses her practice on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on a broad range of issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising.

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trial court erred by presuming materiality of black box warning; $834 million penalty vacated

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Thus, at trial, defendants weren’t allowed to present evidence showing that Hawai‘i doctors and patients hadn’t changed how they prescribed or consumed Plavix after information about the poor responder issue was added in 2010 to the black box warning. This one didn’t. But the trial court erred on materiality.

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Laches bars TM claims but what counts as "Made in the USA" merits trial

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But genuine fact issues remained on whether J-B Weld’s advertising of “Made in USA” was false and whether Illinois Tool had standing. J-B Weld began in 2010 to sell theadlockers under the “Perma-Lock” name. What if J-B Weld falsely advertised that its bonding products cure cancer or stopped global warming?

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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