Thursday, October 15, 2020

former customer lacks Lanham Act standing against platform

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Gaby’s Bags, LLC v. Mercari, Inc., No. C 20-00734 WHA, 2020 WL 5944431 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 7, 2020) Mercari promoted its web platform, Mercari...

9th Cir.: formal structure/function supplement claims can falsely imply disease claims

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Kroessler v. CVS Health Corp., 2020 WL 5987498, --- F.3d ----, No. 19-55671 (9th Cir. Oct. 9, 2020) Kroessler alleged that CVS glucosamine...
Tuesday, October 06, 2020

another G v. O preview, shorter

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IPLAC/CBA (Chicago) panel Intro by Adam Wolek, Taft Law Chris Mohr, GC/VP for IP, Software & Information Indus. Ass’n.: Didn’t partici...
Friday, October 02, 2020

Google v. Oracle argument preview

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Chicago-Kent College of Law 2020 Supreme Court IP Review: Google v. Oracle Copyrightability issue: Pam Samuelson: Supreme Court has 2x dec...

low-quality lead generation leads to deceptive marketing claims

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In re HomeAdvisor, Inc. Litig., No. 16-cv-01849-PAB-KLM, 2020 WL 5798515 (D. Colo. Sept. 29, 2020) HomeAdvisor “is an online marketplace t...

Georgia Supreme Court revives some false advertising claims against sperm bank

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Norman v. Xytex Corp., --- S.E.2d ----, 2020 WL 5752325, S19G1486 (Ga. Sept. 28, 2020) Reversing the court of appeals , the Georgia Suprem...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

inability to rely on claims provides standing to seek injunctive relief in 9th Circuit

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Milan v. Clif Bar & Co., 2020 WL 5760450, No. 18-cv-02354-JD (N.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2020) Plaintiffs brought the usual California claims...

it's difficult to show injury from false patent marking

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John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., 2020 WL 5666898, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2020-1035, 2020-1081 (Fed. Cir. Se...

mistaken exclusion of materiality survey leads to remand in false advertising case

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Wing Enters., Inc. v. Tricam Indus., Inc., --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2020 WL 5739718, 2019-2279 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2020) A remand because the ...

impersonating company to solicit intimate images for private use isn't TM infringement/false advertising

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AdoreMe, Inc. v. Watson, 2020 WL 5769083, No. CV 19-8830 FMO (AGRx) (C.D. Cal. Jul. 14, 2020) A fundamentally commercial cause of action c...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

restitution unavailable in fed ct when damages are adequate, no matter what Cal state cts say

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Sonner v. Premier Nutrition Corp., 971 F.3d 834 (9th Cir. 2020) In this amended opinion ( original summarized here ), the court elaborates...