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copying competitor's website & reviews creates (c), TM, false advertising problems

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Boston Suburban allegedly continued to use the “Logan Car Servicemark in online keyword advertising and in metatags, and continued to copy customer reviews from Boston Carriage’s website and publish them on online review platforms. And RICO claims failed because they were RICO claims.

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TM infringement and false advertising claims related to putative open source software "fork" succeed

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Neo4j Enterprise Edition was originally offered under both a paid-for commercial license and the free GNU Affero General Public License, version 3, but Neo4j then replaced that AGPL with a stricter license (the Sweden license), which prohibited the non-paying public from engaging in commercial resale and certain commercial support services.

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Trade Dress Protection: Laws and Its Relevance

IP and Legal Filings

Additionally, a brand can also license a trade dress in order to obtain monetary advantages. The Lanham Act, also known as the Trademark Act of 1946 is the US Federal Statute that regulates trademarks, service marks, and unfair competition. Image Source: gettyimages]. Legal prerequisites for protecting a trade dress.

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