43(B)log

MARCH 29, 2024

Second, a full-page print magazine ad that featured an image of a baby’s face with the sentence: “The Gerber Generation says ‘I love Mommy’s eyes, not her allergies.’ ” Smaller text below this line, next to an image of a GSG canister, stated: If you have allergies in your family, breastfeeding your baby can help reduce their risk.

False Advertising 104

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Reporting 104

43(B)log

MARCH 6, 2024

5, 2024) Metroplex, a local advertising company, brought a putative class action against Meta for unfair competition. Metroplex also allegedly develops tools and systems for managing and optimizing advertising campaigns for businesses. As for stating a claim, Meta noted that most of the challenged statements weren’t “advertising.”

Advertising 59

Advertising Advertising Business False Advertising 59

43(B)log

JANUARY 18, 2022

For example, it was plausibly false/misleading to advertise that users handling one of the products “need not wear protective equipment.” There’s a magazine for pallets! I can only assume that there actually is a magazine for storage jars out there.] ISK challenged various ad claims; the court focused on a few.

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Law 59

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 10, 2022

“This allowed the unmasking of a consolidated system of unauthorized sharing and dissemination, not only of newspapers and magazines published by the main Italian editorial groups, but also television schedules, TV series and other paid entertainment content, distributed via the internet by the major streaming platforms.”

Advertising 127

Advertising Advertising Cinema Copyright Infringement 127

Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

First off today, Michael Kan at PC Magazine reports that India is enacting a new policy that, if enforced, would require virtual private network (VPN) providers to collect, store and turn over user data. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations.

Copyright Notice 189

Copyright Notice Plagiarism Licensing Privacy 189

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. The consent judgment was a lump sum and, Princeton argued, included uncovered claims; most of the images fell within the 2017-18 period.

Advertising 64

Advertising Advertising Settlement Contracts 64

The IPKat

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Background PS Holding BV (the Applicant) filed an application for EUTM registration of the below figurative mark: The application concerned services in Classes 35 (mannequins and photo models for advertising or sales promotion) and 41 (models and mannequins for recreational or leisure purposes) of the Nice Classification.

Registration 130

Registration Advertising Advertising 130

Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

One example was the November release of the Her Loss album by artists Drake and 21 Savage which included a fake Vogue magazine cover as part of the album artwork, as well as a fake version of Vogue magazine. On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks.

Trademark 130

Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens All Rights Reserved False Advertising 130

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

However, in recent years we have also seen hosting companies, advertisers, and e-commerce platforms being added. The latter focuses on academic articles while the former also offers a broader selection of books, comics, audiobooks, and magazines. Hosting, Advertising, and Shopping. IPTV Services.

Marketing 132

Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 132

The TTABlog

AUGUST 21, 2023

In re Genomma Lab Internacional, S.A.B. Serial Nos. 90820054 (August 14, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Cindy B.

Branding 52

Branding Brands Branding Advertising 52

IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Goldsmith said she was not aware of Warhol’s work until Tribute magazine featured the image, without crediting her, when Prince passed away in 2016. In fact, nearly all creations by Andy Warhol are derivatives of existing images—celebrity photos, advertisements, magazine illustrations, etc.—to

Copyright Infringement 105

Copyright Infringement Copyright Art Fair Use 105

Selvam & Selvam Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The duration, extent and geographical area of any promotion of the trademark, including advertising or publicity and presentation, at fairs or exhibitions of the goods or services to which the trademark applies. The duration, extent and geographical area of any use of that trademark.

Trademark 52

Trademark Registration Advertising Advertising 52

SpicyIP

MARCH 28, 2022

World over traditional media houses have faced financial difficulties due to the emergence of new digital realities and plummeting online advertising revenues. News publishers are therefore deemed owners of collective articles only for the purposes of publication in collective works such as newspapers, magazines or similar periodicals.

Copyright 105

Copyright Publishing Music Contracts 105

LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Throughout the twentieth century, many newspapers, advertisements, magazines, textbooks, and other reference materials used the term “red gold” to describe the gold-copper combination. From the decision: “Left untouched, pure gold is yellow.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Social Media Trademark Advertising 52

TorrentFreak

JUNE 28, 2023

According to Rights Alliance, a member of Asgaard was also part of a piracy release group known as ‘Xoro6’ Between July and December 2020, the now 41-year-old man from Funen illegally copied and shared over 1,000 eBooks, audiobooks, newspaper articles and magazines with other Asgaard users.

Reporting 128

Reporting Advertising Advertising Copying 128

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.

Graphic Design 59

Graphic Design Advertising Advertising Technology 59

LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

The Supreme Court narrowed its attention to the only issue before it, the use of the image in a magazine instead of Goldsmith’s photo, as opposed to as a series of paintings/lithographs. copyright law. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.

Fair Use 52

Fair Use Derivative Work Copyright Law Art 52

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Eight years later, Japan’s parliament passed new copyright amendments that banned the unlicensed downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts from the Internet, in line with the previously outlawed media categories. In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet.

Reporting 133

Reporting Copyright Copyright Infringement Music 133

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 17, 2022

Design Tascono sells these pieces through various means, including its website, catalog, previously through SkyMall magazine, as well as through various authorized on-line retailers and through its network of North American brick-and-mortar distributors and retailers. The Concrete Lady, Inc. ,

Copyright Infringement 52

Copyright Infringement Designs Design Copyright 52

43(B)log

JULY 7, 2023

23, 2023) Common sense is a big part of advertising law, as implemented by the reasonable consumer. Defendants allegedly use fake celebrity and magazine endorsements, as well as misrepresentations about price and limited availability, to induce consumers into buying “keto” weight-loss pills. Fulfillment Lab, Inc, No. followed by “$39.74/bottle”

False Advertising 59

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Law 59

The TTABlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In the same way a term may be merely descriptive for printing and distributing magazines and television broadcasting services because it describes the content or subject matter being offered or featured, GIGANTOSAURUS is merely descriptive of Applicant’s “Cartoon dissemination services, namely, streaming of video material on the Internet.”

Television 62

Television Registration Branding Brands 62

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

At first glance, it appears to be an online magazine. It arranged the contents of the website at its own discretion and used the website to earn commissions by placing advertising on them. The Supreme Court distinguished an affiliate from an advertising agency. The website deals with sleep and mattresses.

Advertising 70

Advertising Advertising Business Designs 70

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The attention of this SpecialKat was recently drawn to the decision of the Nigerian Court of Appeal in Banire v NTA-Star TV Network Ltd regarding the question of authorship and ownership of copyright in photographs used for advertising purposes and the issue of image rights in Nigeria.

Ownership 91

Ownership Artistic Work Contracts Copyright 91

The TTABlog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In addition, applicant's wholly owned subsidiary, Maxxis, featured the mark MAXXIS and applicant's mark in the same advertisements promoting athletes and sports events in magazines and on social media. The Board concluded that applicant had a bona fide intent to use its mark for its recited services.

Social Media 67

Social Media Registration Advertising Advertising 67

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) magazine recently recognized Fish & Richardson Associate Vivian Cheng as one of its 2021 “Rising Stars.”

Intellectual Property 40

Intellectual Property False Advertising Litigation Advertising 40

43(B)log

DECEMBER 29, 2022

MedSpa repeatedly reposted the photo and shared it for articles published by a magazine and an online blog. Florida law prohibits the unauthorized publication of a person’s name or likeness for a commercial or advertising purpose without express written or oral consent. False advertising: Same. All the claims survived.

Blogging 59

Blogging False Advertising Advertising Advertising 59

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The reproduction was not authorized by the public museum Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence where the masterpiece is kept.

Public Domain 98

Public Domain Intellectual Property Art Personality Rights 98

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Background The plaintiff, Advance Magazine Publishers (‘AMP’), publishes the famous Vogue magazines and owns various EU trade marks protecting ‘VOGUE’ inter alia for ‘printed matter’ in class 16. BCP manufactures, advertises and distributes an energy drink under the name ‘Diamant Vogue’.

Art 76

Art Contracts Publishing Designs 76

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

On the point of acquiescence, the court held that acquiescence does not follow from the mere fact that both the products were being advertised in the same magazines and periodicals. The Supreme Court, however, upon be appealed to, held that there was in fact, acquiescence as both the companies were using the same advertising medium.

Registration 52

Registration Advertising Advertising Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

.” In his complaint, Fyk says he published WTF (“Where’s The Fun”) Magazine that achieved success on Facebook, including 25M followers and hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue each month. Fyk claims Facebook retaliated against him because he didn’t advertise enough.

Government 80

Government Litigation Advertising Advertising 80

Garrigues Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

Autocontrol and Asociación Española de Anunciantes (Spanish Advertisers’ Association or AEA) agree on the ethical standards that should be applied to advertising by influencers from January 1, 2021. My product is better than yours’: is it lawful to use third party’s trademarks to advertise your own products or services?

Blogging 52

Blogging IP Advertising Advertising 52

The IP Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Its previous right-of-publicity laws were an extension of its statutory right of privacy which provided that “any person whose name [or likeness] is used within [New York] for advertising [or trade] purposes without. written consent” can sue for an injunction and damages.

Privacy 85

Privacy Music Law Advertising 85

The IPKat

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The defendant, Alexandra Wenman, is also a spiritual author and holistic therapist, as well as a past editor of and writer for ‘Prediction Magazine’, one of the longest-running mind, spirit and body magazines available at the time.

Business 83

Business Social Media Registration Intellectual Property 83

The TTABlog

APRIL 25, 2023

Applicant argued that its proposed marks are not likely to be translated into English but would be would be perceived as trademarks, since the marks are displayed as such on labels and in advertising. Applicant's evidence of recognition from fashion magazines was not such direct evidence.

Advertising 57

Advertising Advertising Copying Trademark 57

IPilogue

JANUARY 11, 2023

The newspaper’s print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, a nationally-distributed newspaper with one of the largest circulations in Canada. million readers every issue in print and digital.

Journalism 80

Journalism Privacy Contracts IP 80

43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

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. 59 Murray Enterprises, Inc.,

Social Media 59

Social Media False Advertising Advertising Advertising 59

The TTABlog

JULY 5, 2023

The Board rendered a split decision in this opposition to registration of the mark EVOGUE for a wide variety of consumer electronic devices and accessories, tossing out Opposer Advance Magazine's Section 2(d) claim but partly upholding its dilution claim, based on the registered mark VOGUE for, inter alia , magazines and mobile phone software.

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Ownership Advertising 52