43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A: False advertising context: FTC/state AGs. But using yellow for a saccharin packet might be false advertising, b/c it would communicate the presence of sucralose rather than saccharin. Ives introduced the idea of functional color but didn’t give us a full definition. Struggling w/where this stops.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These patterns can intersect with the trademark and other intellectual property (IP) in various ways, although it’s important to note that the use of dark patterns is unethical and often violates principles of fair use and consumer protection.

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DuetsBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Hearty thanks to Colette Durst , Stephen Lee , and Susan Perera , for generously sharing their insights and perspectives about trademark nominative fair use. In case you missed it, here is my Trademark Nominative Fair Use of Another’s Logo post from March, leading up to the 2020 AIPLA Annual Spring Meeting.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 28, 2022

Tiffany is world renowned jewellery brand famous for selling diamond engagement rings since 19 th century. Costco contended that “Tiffany” is not just a brand name but also a recognised term for ring setting which is not infringement as they have been using it in good faith.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Static Controls in 2012, a Lanham Act false advertising case, the Court gave us two more principles for interpreting section 43: a statutory cause of action extends only to plaintiffs whose interests “fall within the zone of interests protected by the law invoked.” If you just saw it, would you think that’s their brand?

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Trademark Fair Use Registration False Advertising 59

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.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Both sides now claim the other is liable for false advertising, among other claims.” Defendants also allegedly infringed RCI’s trademarks by using photographs of Roberto Coin jewelry and RCI’s logo in Kings Stone’s advertising after RCI terminated the relationship. And yes even borsheims has to be held accountable.”

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Marketing Marketing False Advertising Advertising 59

43(B)log

JULY 21, 2023

but also narrows the issues somewhat; the larger infringement, cybersquatting, and false advertising claims can’t be resolved on summary judgment. Even if they were generic uses, two articles and one opinion weren’t sufficient to overcome the “strong presumption” of validity of a registered mark. But is it a nominative fair use?

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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. ” Id.

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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. Shell Brands International Ag , Blackberry Limited ,, and Dolby International AB orders.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Malwarebytes, which allowed a false advertising claim to proceed based on one software provider’s use of the terms “malicious” and “threat” to describe its alleged competitor’s software, despite a dissent raising free speech arguments. Then I’ll talk about the 9 th Circuit case Enigma Software v.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Discussant: Mark Lemley Maybe corpus linguistics can help w/things like descriptiveness and nominative fair use, though skeptical about confusion or fame (b/c you need a standard). There’s a strain of marketing literature that uses scanner data: tries to measure effect of brand extension on parent brand.

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Trademark Marketing Marketing Advertising 72

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1A and Article III standing are there, but worrisome; casualness over stare decisis does suggest courts are willing to look at things from scratch—Vintage Brands; Netchoice—everything might be up for grabs. Does “brand personality” online change what TMs are about? Does “brand personality” online change what TMs are about?

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Trademark False Advertising Fair Use Branding 69

43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For about a decade, courts had realized that IIC had gone way too far, and had expanded liability in ways that didn’t protect consumers and facilitated anticompetitive claims about false advertising. This a Tom Sachs painting from his recent series of brand paintings. Is this explicitly misleading?

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