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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Reasonable consumers needn’t expect individual products to differ from overall brand recommended by experts
Eidelman v. Sun Prods. Corp., No. 16-cv-3914, 2017 WL 4277187 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 25, 2017) Eidelman allegedly bought Sun Product’s “237-fl oz. bottle of ALL PLUS + FREE CLEAR … liquid detergent” based on its label that it was “from the … Continue reading
Errant earrings: (c) but not trade dress success likely, still no irreparable harm
Ear Charms, Inc. v. Bling Jewelry, Inc., 2017 WL 2957796, No. CV 16-02091 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 11, 2017) Sandra Callisto designed a “stylish alternative to pierced earrings” for Ear Charms, specifically “wave” earrings, which allegedly bore “a unique and distinctive … Continue reading
Response to Tim Wu’s piece on First Amendment obsolescence
Not Waving but Drowning: Saving the Audience from the Floods. A response to Tim Wu’s essay “Is the First Amendment Obsolete?” from Blogger http://ift.tt/2hybHwu
Harvard JOLT seeks submissions
The Harvard Journal of Law and Technology is one of the leading journals covering the ever-developing interaction between law and technology. JOLT Digest is the Journal’s online-only companion, providing timely updates and new perspectives on recent developments in technology law, … Continue reading
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Brief on TM issues in ASTM v. Public Resource
Mark McKenna and I, with other trademark professors, have written a brief in the ASTM case. Thanks to Sam Bagenstos for last-minute filing assistance. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2hy8HjI
It stinks to high heaven: knockoff fragrances infringing, diluting, falsely advertised, but not counterfeit
Coty Inc. v. Excell Brands, LLC, No. 15-CV-7029, 2017 WL 4155402 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2017) Coty and a number of other producers and distributors of well-known fragrances sued Excell, which produced cheap “versions” of Coty’s fragrances, with similar names and … Continue reading
It stinks to high heaven: knockoff fragrances infringing, diluting, falsely advertised, but not counterfeit
Coty Inc. v. Excell Brands, LLC, No. 15-CV-7029, 2017 WL 4155402 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 18, 2017) Coty and a number of other producers and distributors of well-known fragrances sued Excell, which produced cheap “versions” of Coty’s fragrances, with similar names and … Continue reading
False advertising case stomped by ambiguity of “original”
Not Dead Yet Manufacturing Inc. v. Pride Solutions, LLC, 2017 WL 4150720, No. 13 C 3418 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 19, 2017) Patent case with a side order of false advertising. NDY owns patents concerning ‘quick connect and disconnect’ apparatuses for … Continue reading
9th Circuit is sour on sugar-sweetened beverage disclosure
American Beverage Association v. City and County of San Francisco, No. 16-16072 (9th Cir. Sept. 19, 2017) Plaintiffs challenged a SF ordinance requiring warnings about the health effects of certain sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) on certain fixed advertising (e.g., billboards) in … Continue reading
“Herbal” doesn’t include animal products
VBS Distribution, Inc. v. Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc., — Fed.Appx. —-, 2017 WL 4118381, No. 17-55198 (9th Cir. Sept. 15, 2017) VBS makes a commercial television live auction show named “DAU GIA TREN TRUYEN HINH” (“Fight Price on Television”). It primarily … Continue reading
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