43(B)log

APRIL 25, 2022

The plaintiffs alleged that the stamps themselves were “a powerful form of advertising because they allow the Brazilian plywood companies to market their products as conforming to an important American safety standard.” pictures of not-good plywood from case Plaintiffs alleged both direct and contributory false advertising.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Introduction Advertising is an important strategy for a company to sell its products to the customer. Advertising generated awareness about a particular product in among the masses and the reaction of the masses decides the fate of the product. To increase their sales, often companies indulge themselves in comparative advertising.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Parts 1 and 2 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here and here , and part 4 will be published on the blog shortly. In another decision in 2015 , the BGH further specified the provisions of the UsedSoft case law.

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43(B)log

MARCH 28, 2024

26, 2024) Defendant, d/b/a Wonderland, operated an adult entertainment club and was one of the many such sued by various models for using their images in advertising without their consent from 2015 to 2019. So the burden falls to Princeton to show that its exclusion is valid.” Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Ins.

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Garrigues Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

” This wording corresponds to the transposition of Directive 2015/2436 of December 16. Buongiorno was an internet and mobile telephone network provider that, in 2010, launched an advertising campaign for a paid subscription to a messaging service for receiving content via SMS. The Commercial Court No.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background In 2010, Buongiorno Myalert SA (Buongiorno), an Italian mobile apps and services provider, launched an advertising campaign for a paid subscription to a multimedia messaging service, marketed under the name ‘Club Blinko’.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

JC Penny, for example, has been hit with a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of California over its alleged advertising practice of using “false reference pricing.” Carranza claims that JC Penny falsely advertises its products on its e-commerce website by listing a high reference price and the corresponding sale price.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

program, but not from its less-competitive EdD program (which was offered online after 2015). USC allegedly orchestrated this scheme through its submission of false/incomplete data, and then advertised the resulting rankings knowing that they were misleading. to 10.5%), and its ranking rose 16 places (from #38 to #22).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

According to Campbell, Everyday We Lit is an infringement of his 2015 song Everything Be Lit. Under the system, rightsholders, advertisers and technology partners will work together to block access to pirate websites, ideally within 48 hours (if it follows Portugal’s system).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2023

JC Penny, for example, has been hit with a class action lawsuit in the Southern District of California over its alleged advertising practice of using “false reference pricing.” Carranza claims that JC Penny falsely advertises its products on its e-commerce website by listing a high reference price and the corresponding sale price.

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Click on picture for larger image Section 45 of the Trademark Act provides, in pertinent part, that a mark is considered to be in use in commerce for services "when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in commerce." Harrison won, at least at the TTAB. Playdom , 778 F.3d

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And Defendants began saying that they planned to expand into the display-advertising business: putting ads on a vehicle’s digital signage, a rider’s mobile app, and on digital screens like electronic billboards. But in 2019, Uber Technology allegedly began preparatory steps to enter the advertising business. Starting in 2012, Uber Inc.

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BYU Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to the Complaint, owner and photographer of Fotohaus, Daniel Foster, created the photo Medical Research 2 in 2015, and assigned the copyright to Fotohaus. The Plaintiff believes that this work was used to promote and advertise ITM and their research, and Fotohaus is seeking actual damages.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

In 2015, it extended the “Align” mark to yoga apparel, which has generated $1B in sales. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. 1-800 Contacts. * Another Failed Trademark Suit Over Competitive Keyword Advertising–JIVE v. lululemon sought summary judgment.

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IPilogue

MARCH 6, 2023

This loss for Louboutin follows several years of rejections from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and JPO Appeal Board to register its trademark for a colour mark consisting of a red (Pantone 18-1663TP) coloured in soles for use in high heels filed on April 1, 2015 (TM App no. 2015-29921 ).

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The TTABlog

MARCH 12, 2024

Abundance had a license from Mrs. Patricia Dampier to use the mark MRS. COLORADO for its beauty pageant, but that license was terminated in 2015. The statute requires not only the display of the mark in the sale or advertising of services but also the rendition of those services in order to constitute use of the service mark in commerce.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. Then, in Liapes v. seriously, are you still posting THERE???) TikTok bans.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Background On 14 July 2015, 44IP Limited (’44IP’), which manages the IP rights of Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE, filed EU trade mark application no. The application of this principle required Lewis Hamilton to be famous in the entire EU at the filing date of the contested application, i.e. on 14 July 2015.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By mid-2015 it was common knowledge that the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Unit, Trading Standards, and Sky were teaming up to take sellers down yet a surprising number of sellers carried on regardless. In the summer of 2015, businesses operating in the same growing niche as DroidSticks were raided by PIPCU and Trading Standards.

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The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Relying on Applicant's own advertising touting the design of its knife blade and its ease of manufacture (yielding lower cost), the Board affirmed Examining Attorney Caroline L. Applicant GB's design patent served as some evidence of non-functionality, but was outweighed by GB's own advertising touting the design's utilitarian benefits.

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43(B)log

JULY 5, 2023

State law bars, among other things, false or misleading representations of fact concerning the reasons for, existence of, or amounts of price reductions and advertising price comparisons without conspicuously identifying the origin of the price the seller is comparing to the current price. 3d 3 (2015). Philip Morris, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 7, 2023

CCDH urges brands to not advertise on sites that promote disinformation. X Corp suggests that these efforts have resulted in reduced advertising levels on Twitter. Based on the complaint, a 43(a)(1)(B) false advertising cause is a bit of an uphill battle. Are the reports advertisements?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 17, 2021

The opinion cites the 2015 NFB v. These various facilities owned and operated by defendants may support the operation of its website, but “the mere fact that [services] [were] organized at the defendants’ offices, which presumably are places of public accommodation, is not a sufficient link to support application of the ADA.”.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 19, 2022

Google was not a competitor at the time, but it soon moved into Sonos’ space, launching its first music streaming device, Chromecast, in 2015 and the Google Home speaker in 2016. . The newer products developed by Google are using different technologies, and Google’s main cash cow, online advertising, remains intact. .

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 4, 2023

It reportedly generated over 638,000 euros in the three years leading up to 2015, after which new legislation in Spain would render its activities illegal. In the summer of 2015, Policía Nacional officers raided the company’s offices in search of evidence related to the operation of Series.ly. was a success.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a long history of addressing issues involving cigarettes and tobacco, often in the advertising context. But what staff said was pretty interesting and provided an aggregated overview of the e-cigarette market and the dramatic increase in sales from 2015 to 2018.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 1, 2022

ICC develops model building codes and standards; it sued a competitor, UpCodes, for false advertising (Lanham Act, NY GBL, and common law unfair competition). A plaintiff cannot state a false advertising claim based on such a statement because, by definition, it cannot be proven false. UpCodes Inc., 2022 WL 3008706, F.4th

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Deemed a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT), applicant was banned from doing business in the United States from 2008 to 2015. In May 2015, applicant was removed from the SDNT list. In October 2015 it filed an application to register its EUCALIN mark.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

Evansville, Indiana – In 2004, the Coca-Cola Company launched its Full Throttle® energy drink brand, which was later apparently acquired by Monster Beverage Company (“Monster”) in 2015. Since 2015, Energy claims it has spent over $22.6 million dollars in promoting the Full Throttle® brand.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 16, 2023

Interestingly, we did spot the site on an advertising blacklist maintained by City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). In 2015 UK ISPs began blocking proxy and proxy indexing sites, so that explains why thepirateproxybay.com and others are regularly blocked. ‘Criminal’ GitHub Subdomain.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 21, 2022

Game publishers can decide what teams/players may compete, who may host tournaments, and how tournaments are advertised and broadcasted. For instance, in 2015, a Twitch streaming channel named “SpectateFaker” was issued a takedown notice by Abuzu , another video game streaming service.

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KMK Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

You may be tempted this time of year to create advertising featuring The Elf on the Shelf ® (“TEOTS”) interacting in humorous ways with your product or service. DON’T! While your audience may engage and enjoy such a campaign, TEOTS products should not be used to promote or endorse your products or brands.

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43(B)log

MAY 12, 2022

They are: the Unfair Competition Law (UCL); the False Advertising Law (FAL); and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). While they often cover the same conduct in false advertising cases and are cumulative of each other, they have differences. 2015) (cleaned up). 2015) (cleaned up). Superior Court, 9 Cal.5th Google, Inc.,

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2015: [link]. The court issued a preliminary injunction and the duo agreed to no longer use Vogue’s marks in connection with the album. Metaverse and NFT Filings Decrease. 2020: [link]. 2019: [link].

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria Limited neglected to renew their contract with actor and filmmaker Adewole Ojo to use his photographs for advertisements. The defendant has used the plaintiff’s song in an advertisement without the plaintiff's consent. The company was ordered to pay Ojo, ₦20 million (US$44 448) in damages.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In Couture , the applicant had not rendered his entertainment services in commerce as of his filing date, but had merely advertised his “readiness, willingness and ability” to do so. Opinion, at pp. 2-3 (citing Couture v. Playdom, Inc. , 3d 1379, 113 USPQ2d 2042, 2043 (Fed. ” Id. , 3 (citing 15 U.S.C. §

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Above the Fold

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In Couture , the applicant had not rendered his entertainment services in commerce as of his filing date, but had merely advertised his “readiness, willingness and ability” to do so. Opinion, at pp. 2-3 (citing Couture v. Playdom, Inc. , 3d 1379, 113 USPQ2d 2042, 2043 (Fed. The Board ultimately found the Couture case instructive.

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