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Drake and 21 Savage May Have More (Legal) Issues Than Vogue

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The magazine was part of a faux press tour rollout , including a fake NPR Tiny Desk Concert and a fake Saturday Night Live performance. Drake and 21 Savage jointly promoted the fake magazine on their Instagram with the caption: “Me and my brother on newsstands tomorrow!!

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Second Circuit signals some minimal flexibility on Polaroid analysis in another strip club false endorsement case

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May 19, 2023) Whereas the timeshare false advertising cases might be making law largely applicable to other timeshare cases, what’s going on in the strip club advertising cases might have somewhat broader implications. The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ false endorsement claims were foreclosed by Electra v.

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Models' false endorsement claims fail for want of recognition, bad survey

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Plaintiffs sued for false advertising and false endorsement under the Lanham Act, violation of their right to publicity, deceptive trade practices under New York GBL Section 349, and defamation. 2021), which considered all these claims except for false advertising. The court was guided by Electra v. 3d 233 (2d Cir.

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Two hospitals can both be best, and use purple ads (for now at least)

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1, 2024) NYU Langone sued Northwell for trade dress infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin, and false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as related claims under the New York GBL and New York common law. The court dismissed the complaint—the false advertising claims with prejudice.

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(c) ownership claim allows both (c) and Lanham Act claims on motion to dismiss

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Upon Darger’s death, the Lerners took control of his works under the allegedly false pretense that he had gifted the physical copies of his works and their associated copyrights to them.” Nimmer even uses a relevant example: “if author A submits a story to editor E at a magazine for consideration.

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Free Speech, Chatting About Friends, Kraken/Crackin’ On AI, & Thinking About Fred & Ginger: Generated Content, Amici Curiae, & A Case About Jack Daniels That Dances Around Trademark Issues And Leaves Some Things To Chew On

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at 997-98, Rogers limited the application of the Lanham Act’s prohibition on false advertising “to apply to artistic works only where the public interest in avoiding consumer confusion outweighs the public interest in free expression. ” Id. In VIP Products v. Jack Daniels Products , 953 F.3d 3d 1170 , 1172 (9 th Cir.