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Dastar bars false advertising claim against "first of its kind" ads

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were not designed to protect originality or creativity.” “Yet Yet that is precisely what Plaintiff seeks to protect in this case: the originality and novelty of its own cooler design.” 6:12-CV-499, 2014 WL 11848751, (E.D. July 25, 2014), report and recommendation adopted, No. 6:12-CV-499, 2014 WL 11829325 (E.D.

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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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But Industria does not advertise or sell its Zenú or Ranchera products in the United States and there are no market surveys specific to the United States for Zenú or Ranchera. Advertisements made for Latinfood Zenú products used the phrase “una deliciosa tradición,” which translates to “a delicious tradition.”

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Third Circuit follows Second in protecting medical journals against trade libel claims

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24, 2023) Courts in particular kinds of false advertising cases say that scientific claims are not falsifiable, even as the majority of workaday false advertising claims involving scientific fact are (correctly) treated as falsifiable. American Soc’y of Anesthesiologists, Inc., 4th -, 2023 WL 2621131, No. 22-1411 (3d Cir.

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Fake demos/altered tests v. customer's testimony they didn't matter: a jury will decide

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PG&E asked Eco to design a “cutout cover” to prevent animals from coming into contact with “cutouts,” a type of electrical device that rests atop utility poles. The resulting ECC-3, which is designed for cutouts made out of porcelain, is Eco’s most successful product and is also sold to other utility companies.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

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magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 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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Defendant's belief its ads were effective is evidence of injury

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I n 2014, Amgen introduced Onpro, a new method for delivering Neulasta through an “on-body injector.” But the FDA, independent reviews at scientific journals, and even some of Amgen’s own employees criticized the advertising claims as unsupported and misleading. Sandoz Inc. 2023 WL 4681569 , No. 2:22-cv-05326-RGK-MARx (C.D.

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TM co-owner can't challenge uses authorized by other co-owners (bonus Lexmark reasoning)

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In 2014, Marshall and Harris appeared together at the Judge Mablean Ephraim Foundation red carpet where they identified themselves as “Jade.” Reed objected, claiming to own “equal ownership and rights” to the Jade name and also claiming violation of her right of publicity.