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plaintiff has standing to seek injunctive relief against allegedly falsely advertised penile implant

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2:22-cv-03391-SSS-PLAx, 2023 WL 5667568 (C.D. 17, 2023) Plaintiff brought the usual California statutory claims against Penuma, a penile implant/procedure, for alleged misstatements about Penuma’s safety and efficacy. International Medical Devices, Inc., Here, we deal only with the claims for injunctive relief.

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alleged misrepresentation of partnership/approval suffices for false advertising claim

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2023 WL 8586681, No. 8, 2023) When does TM logic creep into false advertising cases? The allegation that hundreds of brands have been targeted by Tundra’s false advertising “supports an inference Tundra’s misrepresentations have the tendency to deceive a substantial segment of Faire’s audience.”

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False Advertising: Verifiably False Versus Subjective Opinion

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In a case originally based on a false advertising claim under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded the district court’s dismissal of the claim. June 2, 2023) (Clifton, Bumatay, By: McDermott Will & Emery Enigma Software Group USA, LLC v.

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False advertising and TM infringement receive very different damages treatment: case in point

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19-662-CFC, 2023 WL 4561059 (D. 17, 2023) Another entry in the “courts treat Lanham Act false advertising very differently than Lanham Act trademark infringement, despite identical damages provisions” line. CareDx sued Natera for false advertising. Natera, Inc., It also found that CareDx was entitled to $21.2

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putting a label on a product you produce isn't direct false advertising, but could be direct false association

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Meadow Gold Dairies Hawaii, LLC, 2023 WL 159907, No. 11, 2023) Plaintiff alleged that defendant MGD advertises and sells milk that is one hundred percent from cows outside of Hawai‘i. Was a false geographic origin claim one for false association, § 1125(a)(1)(A), or false advertising, § 1125(a)(1)(B)?

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False patent marking claims survive even when Dastar bars false advertising claims based on "innovation"

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30, 2024) (R&R) Recommendation: Dastar should block Qingdao’s Lanham Act false advertising counterclaims based on Lashify’s claim to be the originator of lash technology, but false patent marking counterclaims should survive. 11, 2023 (claiming that various products were “patented”). 1, 2017 to Apr.

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court: there's no right to jury trial when seeking only injunction/disgorgement in false advertising case

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2023 WL 3510374, No. May 17, 2023) The court grants these timeshare plaintiffs’ motion for a bench trial, ruling that the Seventh Amendment doesn’t guarantee a jury trial in a false advertising case where the plaintiffs seek only equitable remedies. Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited, Inc. Timeshare Lawyers P.A.,