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FDLI symposium on constitutional challenges to FDA

FDLI Symposium: Constitutional Challenges to FDA Law & Regulation   Session 1:  Compelled Speech Moderator: Allison Zieve, Director, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Vice-Chair, FDLI   First Amendment Limits on Compulsory Labeling Nigel Barrella, Sole Practitioner, Washington DC   Review of … Continue reading

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Consumers can’t bring the claim that Pom could against Minute Maid

Stansfield v. Minute Maid Co., 2015 WL 4873685, No. 4:14cv290 (N.D. Fla. Aug. 13, 2015)   The court kicked out consumer protection claims based on the same falsity alleged in Pom Wonderful v. Coca-Cola, on the ground that they were … Continue reading

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IPSC: Other IP

Other IP  [Insert wry commentary about “fringe” fields like advertising law]   Sarah Burstein, The University of Oklahoma College of Law Reviving Ornamentality    Fed. Cir. killed the doctrine.  Statute says new, original, and ornamental designs can get a design … Continue reading

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False claims of FDA approval actionable under Lanham Act and state law

Innovative Health Solutions, Inc. v. DyAnsys, Inc., 2015 WL 2398931, No. 14-cv-05207 (N.D. Cal. May 19, 2015)   IHS sells a medical device called P–STIM.  DyAnsys used to be the distributor of P-STIM in the US, but after it lost … Continue reading

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FDA pre-approval doesn’t bar Lanham Act false advertising claim against device

Church & Dwight Co. v. SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics, GMBH, No. 14 Civ. 00585, 2015 WL 2359467 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 24, 2015)   Earlier discussion.  SPD argued that the FDCA barred Lanham Act false advertising claims against it because the FDA … Continue reading

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Primary jurisdiction didn’t warrant dismissal of “natural” claims, 9th Cir. says

Astiana v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc., No. 12-17596 (9th Cir. Apr. 10, 2015)   As the court of appeals introduced the case:   A product labeled “all natural” or “pure natural” likely evokes images of ground herbs and earth extracts … Continue reading

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