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

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2024 WL 629985, No. 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. Lashify, Inc. Qingdao Lashbeauty Cosmetic Co.,

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calling an accepted Rule 68 offer a judgment of infringement could be defamatory

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2024 WL 1051951No. 11, 2024) I have a long-running interest in Rule 68 offers of judgment, and this case involves an interaction with false advertising law! We are fiercely protective of the Crocs brand and our iconic DNA. Double Diamond Distribution Ltd. Crocs, Inc., 23-cv-01790-PAB-KAS (D.

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Playing From The Rough: Kirkland Signature™ Irons and The Doctrine of Equivelents

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TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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Gerber's Good Start troubles continue

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2024 WL 1282368, No. 25, 2024) Gerber Good Start Gentle formula isn’t like most other infant formulas, which are made with “intact” cow’s milk protein. 2) A print magazine advertisement described GSG as the “1st Formula with FDA qualified health claim.” (3) Hasemann v. Gerber Prods.

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reasonable consumers aren't required to know collagen can't be vegan

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Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare, LLC, 2024 WL 965621, No. 5, 2024) Similar California litigation at a later stage. Kandel alleged that Gross Skincare deceptively labeled and advertised its skincare products as containing collagen when, in fact, they do not. The products at issue are uniformly branded with the phrase “C + Collagen.”

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Measuring device (c)able under Star Athletica; ignoring Dastar, court also allows false advertising claim

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Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cube that combines various measuring volumes into a single cubical structure. Other defendants manufactured and sold the Cube with their unique branding through Kitchen Cube’s affiliate program. False advertising: Only ok against Kitchen Cube.

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disclaimers that require consumers to understand tech, history and law don't avoid lawsuit over "flushable"

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2024 WL 1251284, No. 22, 2024) Stop & Shop allegedly deceptively advertised cleansing wipe products as “flushable” in violation of Mass. Schotte alleged a “substantial price premium” of at least 25% more for the Wipes as compared to non-flushable wipes from the same brands. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.,

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