Tuesday, May 28, 2024

"up to" absorbency claims for period underwear were plausibly misleading

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Gamino v. Thinx Inc., No. EDCV 23-2067 JGB (SHKx), 2024 WL 2429307 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 18, 2024) Gamino brought a host of California statutory...
Thursday, May 16, 2024

BIPLA (Boston Intellectual Property Law Association) Writing Competition call for papers

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1st Prize:$1,000 2nd Prize:$500  BIPLA is once again holding its annual Writing Competition. Law school students are encouraged to submit p...
Monday, May 13, 2024

Reminder on Call for Papers: Trademark and Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable 2024

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  The Trademark and Unfair Competition Scholarship Roundtable co-hosted by Harvard, NYU, and the University of Pennsylvania will take place ...

court remands NYC's false advertising case against oil companies to state court

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City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 2024 WL 2091994, No. 21-CV-4807 (VEC) (S.D.N.Y. May 8, 2024) Being a multitrillion-dollar corporati...
Friday, May 10, 2024

reasonable consumers of ovulation test kits understand details of hormone signalling

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La Rosa v. Abbott Laboratories, No. 22-CV-5435 (RER) (JRC), 2024 WL 2022297 (E.D.N.Y. May 7, 2024) Plaintiffs alleged that defendants’ at-...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024

online ingredients list can't avoid deception claim, at least where survey suggests deception

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Duncan v. Kahala Franchising, L.L.C., --- F.Supp.3d ----, CV 22-7841 (GRB)(AYS), 2024 WL 1936053 (E.D.N.Y. May 2, 2024) Lots of ice cream ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Tiktok's other, smaller legal problem

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Beijing Meishe Network Technology Co. v. Tiktok Inc., 2024 WL 1772833, No. 23-cv-06012-SI (N.D. Cal. Apr. 23, 2024) Skipping the copyright...

Hetronic remand: the continued rise of "use"

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Hetronic International, Inc. v. Hetronic Germany GmbH, --- F.4th ----, Nos. 20-6057 & 20-6100, 2024 WL 1724995 (10 th Cir. Apr. 23, 202...

Measuring device (c)able under Star Athletica; ignoring Dastar, court also allows false advertising claim

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Leszczynski v. Kitchen Cube LLC, 2024 WL 1829620, No. 8-23-cv-01698-MEMF-ADS (C.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2024) Leszczynski invented a measuring cu...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Use of competitor's photo in comparative ads caused no (c) damage, appeals court holds

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I Dig Texas, LLC v. Creager, --- F.4th ----, 2024 WL 1590590, No. 23-5046 (10th Cir. Apr. 12, 2024) The district court found that use of a...

Hospital's use of Meta's Pixel, despite promise to keep data private, plausibly deceptive

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Mekhail v. North Memorial Health Care, --- F.Supp.3d ---- , 2024 WL 1332260, No. 23-CV-00440 (KMM/TNL) (D. Minn. Mar. 28, 2024) Mekhail al...

Good Meat is descriptive for sustainable meat-related services, plausibly deceptive for lab-grown meat

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Good Meat Project v. GOOD Meat, Inc., --- F.Supp.3d ---- , 2024 WL 1083462,  No. 23-cv-04145-RFL (N.D. Cal. Feb. 12, 2024) GMP is a nonpro...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Cal. appeals court affirms use of statistical sampling to calculate # of FAL/UCL violations in AG action

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People v. Ashford University, LLC, 100 Cal.App.5th 485, 319 Cal.Rptr.3d 132, D080671 (Feb. 20, 2024) Defendants Zovio and Ashfort are the ...
Friday, April 05, 2024

RAW power: over dissent, 9th Circuit orders trial on infringement, cancellation of TM applications

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BBK Tobacco & Foods LLP v. Central Coast Agriculture, Inc., --- F.4th ----, 2024 WL 1356981, Nos. 22-16190, 22-16281 (9 th Cir. Apr. 1,...