Thursday, December 23, 2021

Competitor has standing to bring false association claims for false association w/3d party

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FireBlok IP Holdings, LLC v. Hilti, Inc., 2021 WL 6049964, No. 3:19-cv-50122 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 12, 2021) After Lexmark , can a competitor br...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Proximate cause and puffery in real estate agent's claim against real estate ranking site

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McLaughlin v. HomeLight, Inc., No. 2:21-cv-05379-MCS-KES, 2021 WL 5986913 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2021) Lexmark ’s “commercial interest” stan...
Monday, December 20, 2021

MLM's essential oils claims were puffery

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Macnaughten v. Young Living Essential Oils, LC, 2021 WL 5965195, No. 5:21-cv-00071 (BKS/ML) (N.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2021) Some cases are a remi...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Disgorgement in a noncomparative false advertising case: doctrinal drift?

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Watkins Inc. v. McCormick & Co., 2021 WL 5810487, NO. 15-2688(DSD/BRT) (D. Minn. Dec. 7, 2021) It’s very interesting to me that, even ...
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Tuesday, December 07, 2021

targeting residents of one building can be advertising or promotion

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De Cortes v. Brickell Investment Realty, LLC, --- F.Supp.3d ----, 2021 WL 5768173, NO. 21-21109-CIV-ALTONAGA/Torres (S.D. Fla. Jul. 1, 2021)...

A talk on jigsaw puzzles and intellectual property

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My presentation on jigsaw puzzles and intellectual property at the 2021 virtual Puzzle Parley is now up on YouTube .
Monday, December 06, 2021

The class action continues to die by a thousand cuts: herein of splitting injunctive relief claims

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Stout v. Grubhub Inc., 2021 WL 5758889, No. 21-cv-04745-EMC (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2021) Stout sued Grubhub over an allegedly false promise to...
Thursday, December 02, 2021

Self-Regulation Through Sui-Genericide: When the Law Stands in the Way

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Now online at Rebecca Tushnet, 106 Iowa L. Rev. Online 164 (2021)  A brief response to Jorge Contreras, Sui-Genericide , 106 Iowa L. Rev. ...
Friday, November 19, 2021

Even in a small market, a few varied phone calls aren't commercial advertising or promotion

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Meredith Lodging LLC v. Vacasa LLC, No. 6:21-cv-326-MC, 2021 WL 5316986 (D. Or. Nov. 15, 2021) Previous motion to dismiss. Plaintiff atte...

False advertising is distinct from violation of antidumping rules; FTC/AGs needed

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Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co v. United States, 2021 WL 5371406, No. 20-00109 (Ct. Int’l Trade Nov. 18, 2021) I can’t improve upon the cour...

Lawfare in the orphan drug space

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Neurelis, Inc. v. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc., --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2021 WL 5355958, D077984, D078186 (Ct. App. Nov. 17, 2021) The parti...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

erroneously collecting sales tax isn't an unfair act or practice in trade or commerce

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Ranalli v. Etsy.com, 2021 WL 5166568, No. 21-88 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 5, 2021) Ranalli brought this putative class action for violations of the P...
Monday, November 08, 2021

I can’t believe it’s not butter—because the label said it was all butter

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Boswell v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., 2021 WL 5144552, No. 20-CV-8923 (JMF) (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 2021) Boswell sued on the theory that the pac...

Another pandemic university fees claim fails

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Yodice v. Touro College, 2021 WL 5140058, No. 21cv2026 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 4, 2021) It’s now been long enough that there are a couple of ...

Dastar bars some claims about "patented" statements but related superiority statements are still at issue

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BPI Sports, LLC v. ThermoLife Int’l, LLC, 2021 WL 4972975, No. 19-60505-CIV-SMITH (S.D. Fla. Jul. 27, 2021) BPI sued ThermoLife for violat...