Monday, January 13, 2025

are certificates of analysis and other technical specs commercial speech?

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Sweegen, Inc. v. Manus Bio Inc., No. 8:24-cv-01757-JVS-DFM, 2024 WL 5317280 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2024) Sweegen is one of the largest suppli...

Call for Papers: Harvard/Yale/Stanford Junior Faculty Forum, June 2-3, 2025

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Request for Submissions Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum June 2-3, 2025, Harvard Law School Harvard, Stanford, and Yale Law ...
Friday, January 10, 2025

literal falsity might not matter with sufficiently sophisticated customers

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G. W. Aru, LLC v. W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., No. JKB-22-2636, 2025 WL 45827 (D. Md. Jan. 7, 2025) I’m skipping most of the patent parts,...
Thursday, January 02, 2025

"Target Clean" might certify specific qualities to reasonable consumers

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Boyd v. Target Corp., --- F.Supp.3d ----, 2024 WL 4287669, No. 23-CV-02668 (KMM/DJF) (D. Minn. Sept. 25, 2024) This interesting lawsuit re...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

"pure" chocolate may be deceptive if it has too much heavy metal

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In re Theos Dark Chocolate Litigation, 2024 WL 4336631, No. 23-cv-02739-HSG, --- F.Supp.3d ---- (N.D. Cal. Sept. 27, 2024) Plaintiffs alle...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Reading list: The Patterns of Digital Deception, Gregory Dickinson

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B.C.L.R. (2024).  From the introduction : … In contrast with the mass emails of old, scammers now stalk and target their victims with expert...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

false advertising claim survives because math is hard for reasonable consumers

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Robertson v. Clean Control Corp., No. 5:24-cv-01478-SSS-DTBx, 2024 WL 5193852 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2024) Robertson bought Odoban, a concent...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Two recent amicus briefs: Santos v. Kimmel and Sedlik v. Von Drachtenberg

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 In the Second Circuit, supporting fair use on a motion to dismiss in Santos v. Kimmel , and in the Ninth Circuit, supporting the jury's...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Celebration on Rimini Street as it achieves significant (c)/Lanham Act victories in 9th Circuit

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Oracle Int’l Corp. v. Rimini Street, Inc., --- F.4th ----, No. 23-16038, 2024 WL 5114449 (9 th Cir. Dec. 16, 2024) Rimini Street gets a r...
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Reading list: Carys Craig, The AI-Copyright Trap

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  The AI-Copyright Trap Carys J. Craig Abstract As AI tools proliferate, policy makers are increasingly being called upon to protect creator...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

incontestable LIZZIE BORDEN registration + actual confusion insufficient to overcome weight of history, 1st Circuit rules

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US Ghost Adventures, LLC v. Miss Lizzie’s Coffee LLC, No. 23-2000 (1 st Cir. Nov. 15, 2024) The Lizzie Borden House “bears a storied hist...

allegations of copied instructions lead to finding of noninfringement and possible 512(f) violation

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MFB Fertility, Inc. v. Action Care Mobile Veterinary Clinic, LLC, --- F.Supp.3d ----, 2024 WL 1719347, No. 23 cv 3854 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 22, 20...
Friday, December 06, 2024

Right of publicity question of the day, Duolingo edition

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 Should Rogers  apply to this language learning app? What about the transformative use test?  Duolingo screenshot showing response to perfec...
Monday, December 02, 2024

individual pitches/RFPs are advertising/promotion, but not user support/FAQ pages

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Spotlight Ticket Management, Inc. v. Concierge Live LLC, No. 2:24-cv-00859-WLH-SSC, 2024 WL 4866813 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 30, 2024) Spotlight pr...
Monday, November 25, 2024

omitting serving size on package front may mislead if dosage suggests per-gummy dose

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Tarvin v. Olly Pub. Ben. Corp., 2024 WL 4866271, --- F.Supp.3d ----, No. 2:24-cv-06261-WLH-PD (C.D. Cal. Nov. 12, 2024) Olly makes dietary...