Friday, March 28, 2025

game over for allegations relating to misattributed/distorted consumer complaints

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Skillz Platform Inc. v. Papaya Gaming, Ltd., 2025 WL 918411, 24cv1646(DLC) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 26, 2025) Previously , the court partially grant...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

honey producers have statutory standing to challenge Bayer's claims to direct purchasers that herbicides were safe

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Coy’s Honey Farm, Inc. v. Bayer Corp., MDL No.:1:18-md-02820-SNLJ, No. 1:21-CV-089-SNLJ, 2025 WL 901264 (E.D. Mo. Mar. 25, 2025) Coy’s s a...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

National Republican Senatorial Committee loses ROP/Lanham Act/UCL claims against alleged "Scam PAC"

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National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Red Senate, 2025 WL 819711, No. 8:24-cv-02301-JVS-KES (C.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 2025) NRSC sued Red ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Reading List: morality and trademarks in South Asia

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Zehra Jafri,  One Sari, Three Different Ways to Drape It: Trademarks, Religion, Language, and Morality in Post-Colonial India, Pakistan, and...
Monday, March 17, 2025

asterisk alone makes front of package claims ambiguous

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Wong v. Iovate Health Sciences U.S.A. Inc., 2025 WL 821451, No. 2:24-cv-00901-DAD-CKD (E.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2025) Is an asterisk on the fr...

discovery rule applies to false "reference price" allegations at outlet stores

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Clark v. Eddie Bauer LLC, --- F.Supp.3d ----, 2025 WL 814924, No. 2:20-cv-01106-RAJ (W.D. Wash. Mar. 12, 2025) A good choice for publicati...
Friday, March 14, 2025

false claims of buying and "rebranding" a festival lead to disclosure/correction remedies

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Nantucket Wine & Food Festival, LLC v. Gordon Companies, Inc., --- F.Supp.3d ----, No. 24-11640-LTS, 2024 WL 5442374 (D. Mass. Dec. 12, ...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

"natural" products can be produced in factories

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Karabas v. TC Heartland LLC, 2025 WL 777001, No. 24-CV-2722 (AMD) (VMS) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 11, 2025) Karabas alleged that Heartland deceptivel...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

court once again reduces false advertising statutory damages award to 10% of request on constitutional grounds

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Montera v. Premier Nutrition Corp., 2025 WL 751542, No. 16-cv-06980-RS (N.D. Cal. Mar. 10, 2025) I just taught this case!—The court once a...
Monday, March 10, 2025

comparative advertising isn't confusing

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Windmar PV Energy, Inc. v. Solar Now Puerto Rico, LLC, 2025 WL 725078, NO. 24-1570 (RAM) (D.P.R. Mar. 6, 2025) A frivolous lawsuit against...
Thursday, March 06, 2025

"natural" claims proceed because reasonable consumers can know little about pet food

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Goetz v. Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC, 2025 WL 692426, No. 24-CV-04799 (JPO) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 3, 2025) Plaintiffs alleged violations of Sect...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

job postings aren't "commercial advertising or promotion" for hiring party's goods/services

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Sun Nong Dan Foods, Inc. v. Kangnam1957, Inc., 2024 WL 5440252, No. 2:23-cv-09779-WLH-RAO (C.D. Cal. Nov. 19, 2024) Not a surprise, but fi...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Rogers v. Grimaldi lives on, at least for work content

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Of note because the lawsuit was brought at all, suggesting that trademark owners are willing to try to roll back any First Amendment protect...

5th Circuit discounts confusion caused by overlap in commonly used arbitrary word

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Rampart Resources, Inc. v. Rampart/Wurth Holding, Inc., No. 24-30111, 2025 WL 586820 (5 th Cir. Feb. 24, 2025) District court’s denial of...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

pandemic education shutdowns allow unjust enrichment, not contract or false advertising claims

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Yodice v. Touro College & Univ. Sys., 2025 WL 579957, No. 21cv2026 (DLC) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2025) Yodice sued Touro for reimbursement ...