Monday, July 07, 2025

breast pump rules: Think Green's trade dress claims against Medela proceed to trial

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Think Green Ltd. v. Medela AG, 2025 WL 1826137, No. 21 CV 5445 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 2, 2025) Think Green sued Medela for infringing its trade d...

ambiguity in consumer class actions v. the Lanham Act: convergence or divergence?

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Slaten v. Christian Dior Perfumes, LLC, 2025 WL 1840026, No. 23-cv-00409-JSC (N.D. Cal. Jul. 3, 2025) The concept of ambiguity is now on a...
Friday, July 04, 2025

Southern discomfort: class certified over malt beverage dressed like Southern Comfort whiskey

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Andrews v. Sazerac Co., 2025 WL 1808797, No. 23-cv-1060 (AS) (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 1, 2025) Plaintiffs alleged that Sazerac deceived consumers by...

5th Circuit agrees that joint TM owners can't sue each other under any Lanham Act theory

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Reed v. Marshall, --- F.4th ----, 2025 WL 1822673, No. 24-20198 (5 th Cir. Jul. 2, 2025) Jade, an R&B, hip hop, and soul vocal group,...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

claim of failure to warn of kratom's addiction potential not preempted; a "disease claim" involves helping, not causing, disease

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J.J. v. Ashlynn Marketing Gp., 2025 WL 1811854, No. 24-cv-00311-GPC-MSB (S.D. Cal. Jul. 1, 2025) Plaintiffs sued on behalf of putative nat...
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

plaintiffs don't have to use full FDA methods for testing nutrients to avoid FDA preemption

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Scheibe v. ProSupps USA, LLC, --- F.4th ----, 2025 WL 1730272, No. 23-3300 (9th Cir. Jun. 24, 2025) The FDA specifies testing methods for ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Scotts loses trade dress claim over green & gold for Miracle-Gro

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Scotts Co. v. Procter & Gamble Co., 2025 WL 1779167, No. 2:24-cv-4199 (S.D. Ohio Jun. 27, 2025) A different Scotts trade dress claim t...

"local" can be literally false when a company is foreign

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El Paso Disposal, LV. v. Ecube Labs Co., 2025 WL 1766310, No. EP-24-CV-97-KC (W.D. Tex. Jun. 26, 2025) Plaintiffs operate waste collection...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Visa logo doesn't represent that cards will be protected against fraud

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Schuman v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., --- F.Supp.3d ----, 2025 WL 1731795, No. 1:24-cv-666-GHW (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 23, 2025) This one is interesting bo...