Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 7, 2023

for trademark infringement, false advertising and patent infringement. The EMSCULPT is a non-invasive medical device designed to stimulate muscle contraction using electromagnetic energy. Indianapolis, Indiana –The Plaintiff, BTL Industries, Inc. filed suit against Plaintiff JV Medical Supplies, Inc.

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False Advertising Contracts Advertising Advertising 52

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

15, 2022) The court of appeals reversed summary judgment in favor of an insurer, and ordered partial summary judgment for the insured, on the duty to defend in underlying litigation based on advertising injury coverage for trade dress infringement (depicting allegedly infringing products) in the insured’s advertising.

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Advertising Advertising False Advertising Intellectual Property 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Or, for that matter, hiQ Labs, who has effectively been run out of business by their ongoing litigation with LinkedIn, and who has been on the losing end of almost every key legal decision in their dispute with LinkedIn. And most website-scraper interactions don’t fit within those scraper-litigation patterns. Just ask BrandTotal.

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Blogging Law Contracts Cease and Desist 115

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

False Advertising. In general, courts should not permit a false advertising claim based on a “safe” representation where the representation is rendered untrue by third-party content. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. eBay case from 2008. Implications.

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JULY 6, 2022

The parties are involved in related patent litigation. The court grouped the Lanham Act false advertising and New Jersey statutory and common law unfair competition claims together. Breach of contract survived, though not the duplicative count for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JULY 16, 2021

ABI claims it has attained significant goodwill throughout the United States and the world and that Defendants alleged misleading and false advertisements have caused irreparable damage to ABI’s reputation. ABI is further claiming Defendants’ actions constitute false designation of origin and false advertising in violation of 15 U.S.C.

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False Advertising Trademark Intellectual Property Advertising 52

IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

and other unfair acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, breach of contract, and antitrust violations. In comparison to litigating in U.S.

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False Advertising IP Patent Infringement Intellectual Property 57

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 10, 2022

and other unfair acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, breach of contract, and antitrust violations. In comparison to litigating in U.S.

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False Advertising Intellectual Property IP Patent Infringement 52

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JANUARY 6, 2022

5-hour Energy [a frequent litigant in this space] sued mainly over trademark infringement, but also alleged false advertising (and trademark dilution). The Policy here defines Advertising Injury as an injury “arising out of oral or written publication of material that libels or slanders.

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Advertising Advertising False Advertising Intellectual Property 72

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MAY 12, 2022

They are: the Unfair Competition Law (UCL); the False Advertising Law (FAL); and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA). While they often cover the same conduct in false advertising cases and are cumulative of each other, they have differences. See, e.g., In re Coca-Cola Products Marketing & Sales Practices Litig. (No.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Business 59

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

He paid money to get extra visibility for his dating profile and claims he got poor results, so he sued Bumble for false advertising. And that evidence-preservation must be done in a way that it can convince a judge even if all of the relevant employees have turned over by the time of litigation. Alkutkar joined Bumble in 2016.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Those requirements will impose huge compliance costs, but those investments won’t prevent online marketplaces from being dragged into extraordinarily expensive and high-stakes litigation over eligibility for this defense. Normally trademark owners aren’t third-party beneficiaries of that contract. eBay rejected.

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Trademark False Advertising Advertising Advertising 135

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MARCH 4, 2022

If this litigation continues and defendants wish to repeat this argument, they should support their assertion that they own the Facebook page with authority.” But breach of fiduciary duty and contract claims survived, as did unjust enrichment and civil conspiracy.

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Social Media Advertising Advertising Business 72

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

3, 2021) The plaintiffs were a law firm that handles landlord-tenant actions, a non-profit corporation that assists pro se litigants in housing court matters, and a tenant advocate and organizer. The contract specifically didn’t guarantee updates and provided for invoices for any supplements if and when they became available. “It

Editing 45

Editing Contracts Copying Law 45

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Safelite allegedly falsely advertised that (1) “if damage spreads beyond the size of a dollar bill, a replacement will be necessary”; (2) “when a chip is smaller than a dollar bill, it can usually be repaired without replacing the windshield.” can be safe and is viable.” Were plaintiffs’ injuries proximately caused by Safelite?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Bluegreen sued a lot of entities, but only the marketing defendants remained in the case: their role was “to advertise timeshare exit services by promoting a legitimate process to exit timeshare contracts while protecting the customers’ credit.” Any “exit” came from default.

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Marketing Marketing False Advertising Advertising 59

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

MillerKing, a small Chicago law firm that claims to be a direct competitor of DNP, sued DNP for false association and false advertising under the Lanham Act and Illinois state law. DNP advertises that it uses artificial intelligence” rather than “human knowledge.” But DNP isn’t actually licensed to practice law.

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False Advertising Advertising Advertising Contracts 49

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Apparently Consumer protection agency called Sephora to clarify the situation—there was no litigation. Certain procedural requirements: must be able to see & save a copy of the disclosures/contract w/in 15 days, via email receipt for example. NY, DC, WA are considering similar taxes so it’s a trend to watch.

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Advertising Advertising Law Privacy 40

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AUGUST 9, 2021

for the losses caused by intentionally and wrongfully interfering with the Debtors’ customer contracts and good will. Comment: This is an interesting question given that TM/advertising people tend to define goodwill differently than general business valuation people, especially in the TM/false advertising context.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In Re Folgers Coffee, Marketing Litig., cannister contains only 865 grams of ground coffee, meaning that if a consumer followed the instructions on the back of the cannister, she could make only 70% of the number of cups advertised on the Label. Plaintiffs sued for false advertising; the cases have been consolidated here.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In re Kind LLC “Healthy and All Natural” Litig., Other developments “sharply contracted” the scope of the claims to the “All Natural” claim on three product lines. 2022 WL 4125065, 15-MD-2645 (NRB), 15-MC-2645 (NRB) (S.D.N.Y. Previously, the court allowed NY, Florida, and California classes to proceed.

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Litigation Contracts False Advertising Reporting 59

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Harms: speech, consumer protection (false advertising/disappointed expectations), competition/antitrust, innovation/fair use, interoperability, accessibility, security and privacy, environmental harms of unrepairable devices. Property 1201 met connected devices—computers are everywhere.

Privacy 59

Privacy Fair Use Fanworks Government 59

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Interested in sellers’ understanding of the contracts. Lemley: is/should there be contributory false advertising liability? 3) Mark McKenna—not formalism but absence of guardrails imposed on realism in classical unfair competition. Lay sellers don’t have strong understanding of laws and/or don’t feel bound by them.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Healthvana sued in May 2020 for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising in violation of both federal and state law, as well for cybersquatting under ACPA. Telebrands’ TV ad didn’t use the word “Covid” [I bet litigation counsel is grateful for FDA compliance efforts carried out in writing the copy!].

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