43(B)log

JANUARY 27, 2023

Spiralverse removed the original paperback glue bindings from the copies it purchased, punched holes in the pages, and installed spiral bindings. Spiralverse listed its modified copies for sale on Amazon at prices of $29.99 Was this literally false? It’s desirable for making it easier to turn pages for performance etc.

Derivative Work 75

Derivative Work False Advertising Advertising Advertising 75

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

I raised this taxonomical issue with the Network Automation case , which involved niche-y job scheduler software where a consumer who is new to the niche might not know the various brands when starting a search. the rival included ad copy telling consumers they were buying the trademark owner’s items when they weren’t.

Trademark 78

Trademark Advertising Advertising False Advertising 78

43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

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.

Social Media 49

Social Media False Advertising Advertising Advertising 49

43(B)log

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Deliberate copying was irrelevant. In a Rogers case, intentional copying alone cannot justify an inference of copying with intent to confuse, even if that can occur in cases that don’t “implicate” the First Amendment. “[I]n This justification is at least consistent with the core idea of trademark law.

Artistic Work 64

Artistic Work Television Trademark Trademark Law 64

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

VIP Products, Jack Daniel’s, the maker of the popular whiskey brand, filed a lawsuit against VIP Products, a company that sells a dog toy shaped like a whiskey barrel. Jack Daniel’s argued that the toy infringed on their trademark, as the shape of the whiskey [bottle] is closely associated with their brand.

Trademark 52

Trademark Intellectual Property Branding Brands 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Eventually, Johnson and Johnson announced that it would no longer enforce their patents for Bedaquiline (brand name: Sirturo) which is used in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 134 low- and middle-income countries. The rejection order is authored by Dr. Latika Dawara, Asst. HULM Entertainment v. Bolt Technology v.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Copying may be directly costless to the knowledge creator, but knowledge transfer is not, and who is initiating may affect what’s going on here: knowledge transfer encodes voluntariness which fits with Cicero but not with a lot of the copying to which people object today. How do they make that happen? Gender and class?

False Advertising 45

False Advertising Trademark Advertising Advertising 45