Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To many trademark owners, it’s a simple decision to sue when the advertiser includes the trademark in the ad copy. So, what exactly is the trademark owner fighting for here? This is a bad ad buy by Allied, AND it’s a bad trademark enforcement decision by Porta-Fab. 2022 WL 4596646 (C.D.

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43(B)log

MAY 16, 2022

Doe, 2022 WL 1514649, No. May 13, 2022) I wrote an amicus brief in this case. To the extent [the Board’s] appeal attempts to improperly use trademark laws to block the expression of negative views about the university and its administration, such efforts fail.” Arizona Bd. of Regents v. 21-16525 (9th Cir.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

LVSA sued Groupon for trademark infringement. 2022 WL 594833 (D. 2022 WL 670919 (W.D. March 7, 2022). Melwani sued Amazon for trademark infringement, dilution, and more. With respect to the trademark claim, the court says the Ninth Circuit’s Multi-Time Machine v. Purchaser Care. Skydiving is expensive.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Plaintiffs brought trademark and related claims, including takings claims, all of which the court dismissed. While Plaintiffs seek prospective relief, they have provided the Court with no basis from which it can infer any possibility of an ongoing violation of federal law.” Plus, there was no commercial advertisement or promotion.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

17 years later, I’m still blogging their ignoble trademark lawsuits. Some “highlights” of 1-800 Contacts’ trademark jurisprudence over the years: 1-800 Contacts v. misinterpreted the law of competitive keyword ads for many, many years. ” (I think this conclusion was true many years before 2022).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

22-148 , both before and after the petition for certiorari was granted on November 21, 2022. Jack Daniel’s argued that the toy infringed on their trademark, as the shape of the whiskey [bottle] is closely associated with their brand. Numerous amicus briefs were filed in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., ” Id.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

11, 2022) This is the main liability opinion. Thus, any false advertising claim would lie against Albaum, not [directly] against ChromaDex. In re: Elysium Health-ChromaDex Litigation, No. 17-cv-7394 (LJL) (S.D.N.Y. Both parties get partial wins/losses on summary judgment. The report didn’t prove causation.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

29, 2022) MGFB runs the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar on the Florida-Alabama border. Grimaldi grounds, the district court’s grant of summary judgment to MTV on the resulting trademark claims. MGFB Properties, Inc. Viacom Inc, No. 21-13458 (11th Cir. Viacom made the Jersey Shore spin-off MTV Floribama Shore.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The judgement was passed in October 2022, but was uploaded in September 2023 on the High Court’s website. Bolt Technology v. First, in Toyota v.

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