-
Recent Posts
- erroneously collecting sales tax isn’t an unfair act or practice in trade or commerce
- I can’t believe it’s not butter—because the label said it was all butter
- Another pandemic university fees claim fails
- Dastar bars some claims about “patented” statements but related superiority statements are still at issue
- policy of paying only 85% purchase price for claims under service policy isn’t inherently deceptive/abusive
Recent Comments
Archives
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- June 2013
Categories
- 230
- acpa
- advertising
- antitrust
- art law
- attribution
- blogging
- california
- cfaa
- cfps
- class actions
- cmi
- comics
- commercial speech
- conferences
- consumer protection
- contracts
- copying
- copyright
- counterfeiting
- cultural property
- damages
- dastar
- defamation
- design patent
- dilution
- disclosures
- disparagement
- dmca
- drm
- fan fiction
- fanworks
- fda
- fees
- first amendment
- ftc
- geographic indications
- http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post
- insurance
- jurisdiction
- libraries
- misappropriation
- music
- my lawsuits
- my writings
- parody
- patent
- patents
- preemption
- presentations
- privacy
- procedure
- reading list
- remedies
- right of publicity
- secondary liability
- securities
- standing
- surveys
- teaching
- tortious interference
- trade secrets
- trademark
- traditional knowledge
- Uncategorized
- unconscionability
- unfairness
- warranties
Meta
Monthly Archives: August 2015
No winner in Cablevision v. Verizon
Cablevision Systems Corp. v. Verizon New York Inc., — F.Supp.3d —-, 2015 WL 4758072, No. 15–CV–456 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 7, 2015) (magistrate judge) Cablevision and Verizon sought to enjoin each other’s comparative ads; the court denied both cross-motions for preliminary … Continue reading
Reading list: Kate Crawford and Tarleton Gillespie
Rebecca Tushnet, What is a Theorist For? The Recruitment of Users into Online Governance, JOTWELL (August 14, 2015) (reviewing Kate Crawford & Tarleton Gillespie, What is a flag for? Social media reporting tools and the vocabulary of complaint, New Media … Continue reading
Reading list: Kate Crawford and Tarleton Gillespie
Rebecca Tushnet, What is a Theorist For? The Recruitment of Users into Online Governance, JOTWELL (August 14, 2015) (reviewing Kate Crawford & Tarleton Gillespie, What is a flag for? Social media reporting tools and the vocabulary of complaint, New Media … Continue reading
Posted in my writings, reading list
Leave a comment
Pure mourning: Pom fails to get preliminary injunction again
Pom Wonderful LLC v. Pur Beverages LLC, No. 13-cv-06917 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2015) Pom fares no better its second time around. Although the court of appeals previously found likely confusion between its marks and defendant’s “pūr pŏm” energy … Continue reading
11th Circuit recognizes contributory false advertising theory
Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., — F.3d —- (2015), 2015 WL 4709573, No. 14–11853 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2015) Plaintiff DFA operates duty free stores in many international airports nationwide. It sued Estée Lauder, arguing … Continue reading
Pure mourning: Pom fails to get preliminary injunction again
Pom Wonderful LLC v. Pur Beverages LLC, No. 13-cv-06917 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2015) Pom fares no better its second time around. Although the court of appeals previously found likely confusion between its marks and defendant’s “pūr pŏm” energy … Continue reading
11th Circuit recognizes contributory false advertising theory
Duty Free Americas, Inc. v. Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., — F.3d —- (2015), 2015 WL 4709573, No. 14–11853 (11th Cir. Aug. 7, 2015) Plaintiff DFA operates duty free stores in many international airports nationwide. It sued Estée Lauder, arguing … Continue reading
Noncommercial speaker can’t get fees for successfully defending Lanham Act claim
Tobinick v. Novella, 2015 WL 4698549, NO. 9:14–CV–80781 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 6, 2015) The defendant Society for Science–Based Medicine, Inc., which won dismissal of Lanham Act claims against it, moved for attorneys’ fees, and the court denied the motion. … Continue reading
Be very afraid: another court refuses to find irreparable harm despite confusion
Williams v. Green Valley RV, Inc., 2015 WL 4694075, No. 8:15–CV–01010 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 6, 2015) Basically, in the Ninth Circuit, you might not be able to get a preliminary injunction in a trademark case unless the defendant’s quality … Continue reading
Noncommercial speaker can’t get fees for successfully defending Lanham Act claim
Tobinick v. Novella, 2015 WL 4698549, NO. 9:14–CV–80781 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 6, 2015) The defendant Society for Science–Based Medicine, Inc., whichwon dismissal of Lanham Act claims against it, moved for attorneys’ fees, and the court denied the motion. The … Continue reading