Friday, April 23, 2010

Plus ça change

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Michael Stamm, The Sound of Print: Newspapers and the Public Promotion of Early Radio Broadcasting in the United States , in Sound in the A...

ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting part 1

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This year, the Antitrust Section had a full consumer protection slate--very exciting. Handling State Attorney General Advertising Cases: Sub...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

$10 million verdict in false advertising case

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Michael Atkins first reported on literal falsity claims involving mounting systems for laptops in emergency vehicles. Defendant's endo...

Insurer can tell insured to buzz off

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Harleysville Mutual Ins. Co. v. Buzz Off Insect Shield, L.L.C., --- S.E.2d ----, 2010 WL 1492136 (N.C.) S.C. Johnson & Son (SCJ) sued Bu...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

My lede would have been "Marvel seeks UAE TM counsel"

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Spider Style opens office in the UAE . Window washers dressed in Spiderman outfits. Who knows, it's possible this is licensed.

Photographer loses photo alteration case

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Murphy v. Millennium Radio Group LLC, No. 08-1743 (D.N.J. 3/31/2010) Peter Murphy, a photographer, sued Millennium (MRG), which owns ra...
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Lanham Act remedies are same for false advertising, trademark

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Rexall Sundown, Inc. v. Perrigo Co., 2010 WL 1438789 (E.D.N.Y.) Previous discussion . The parties sell glucosamine chondroitin nutritional...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Misrepresentation of inventorship is actionable

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PhotoMedex, Inc. v. Irwin, --- F.3d ----, 2010 WL 1462377 (9th Cir.) PhotoMedex lost summary judgment on its Lanham Act and California ...

When should a misleadingness claim be dismissed on the pleadings?

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Everett Laboratories, Inc. v. River’s Edge Pharmaceuticals, LLC, 2010 WL 1424017 (D.N.J.) The parties compete in the market for prenata...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Swimsuit claim sinks

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TYR Sport, Inc. v. Warnaco Swimwear, Inc., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 1192438 (C.D. Cal.) TYR and Warnaco (Speedo) make high-end swimw...

Is undisclosed paid-for content noncommercial speech?

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Edward B. Beharry & Co., Ltd. v. Bedessee Imports Inc., 2010 WL 1223590 (E.D.N.Y.) Beharry sells various spices under the INDI bran...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

OASIS gets no respite from organic litigation

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All One God Faith, Inc. v. Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards, Inc., --- Cal. Rptr. 3d --, 2010 WL 1450925 (Cal. App. 1 Dist.) ...

Mismatched dose claim survives preemption

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In re Bayer Corp. Combination Aspirin Products Marketing and Sales Practices Litig., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 1268196 (E.D.N.Y.) Thi...