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D.C. Appellate Court Revives Case Against Coca-Cola, Placing "Sustainability" Claims Under Scrutiny

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In reversing a lower court ruling, the D.C. Court of Appeals makes actionable vague, aspirational statements of sustainability as deceptive and misleading representations under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: 2024, Issue 13

Initial Attempt at Pinning Presence of PFAS in Coca-Cola Juice Drink as False Advertising Fizzes Out - The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a plaintiff's initial complaint against...more

Vondran Legal

Understanding the importance of Trade Dress Protection for your distinct and non-functional product designs and packaging

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What is the difference between a traditional trademark and trade dress protection? Traditional Trademarks - According to the USPTO - A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things...more

Perkins Coie

Weekly Notable Ruling Roundup - June 2023 #3

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Our weekly roundup aims to keep our readers up to date on recent notable rulings in the food & consumer packaged goods space. - Kari Warren v. The Coca-Cola Company, No. 7:22-cv-06907-CS (S.D.N.Y. – April 21, 2023): The...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 146

Food Venture Financing Trends - Ecorobotix, an ag robotics startup that has developed automated precision technology for row crops and pastures, announced that it raised $52 million in its Series B round. The company plans...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Suing Monopolies for Setting Unfairly High Prices

In July 2022, in a class action filed against the Central Bottling Company alleging unfair pricing of Coca-Cola, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled for the first time that a monopoly may not set an unfair excessive price. With...more

Kilpatrick

Malic Acid Malady: Defendants Prevail in Consumer Class Actions Challenging “100% Natural” and “Natural Flavor” Beverage Labels

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Takeaway:  In a pair of putative class actions, plaintiffs challenged Fanta’s “Piña Colada” soda’s “100% Natural Flavors” claim and a MiO flavored drink concentrate’s claims of containing Mango and Peach “natural flavor with...more

White & Case LLP

Vietnamese M&A proves resilient amid global economic adversity

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Vietnam's M&A market put in a strong performance in 2022, despite signs of the global economy fighting against a falling tide. Total deal volume for 2022 dropped by 19% year-on-year to 62 transactions (down from 77 in 2021),...more

Polsinelli

What’s Old Is New Again: Reviving “Fairness” With Renewed FTC Price Discrimination Enforcement And What That Means For Companies

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On January 10, 2023 Politico reported that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has launched antitrust investigations into Pepsi and Coca Cola. According to the article, the “companies’ pricing strategies are being...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Advertising About Sustainability Aspirations Does Not Violate D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act

The Coca-Cola Company succeeded in dismissing an environmental advocacy group’s complaint claiming the beverage giant’s sustainability claims violated the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (“CPPA”). This...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Coca-Cola Scores Second Win over Green Claims in One Month

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This month, the DC Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Earth Island Institute against Coca-Cola, alleging that the company falsely represents itself as “a sustainable and environmentally friendly company, despite...more

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Coca-Cola Beats False Advertising Suit Over Aspirational Claims

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Last year, we posted about Earth Island Institute’s lawsuit against Coca-Cola, alleging that the company falsely represents itself as “a sustainable and environmentally friendly company, despite being one of the largest...more

Hogan Lovells

Antitrust restrictions on price increases?

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Antitrust law may restrict price increases if the preconditions of a pricing abuse are met. However, decision practice on this topic is scarce. Therefore, EDEKA’s petition for a preliminary injunction filed against Coca-Cola...more

Ankura

Outsourcing Services: An Increasingly Common Origin for Insider Threats in the Supply Chain

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On May 10, 2022, a former Coca-Cola chemist was sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling trade secrets to a Chinese government-backed corporation. This example demonstrates the way the supply chain increasingly presents...more

Linda Liu & Partners

Reward and Remuneration to the Inventors of Service Invention completed by the Subsidiary but Applied for Patent by the Parent...

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The first paragraph of Article 15 of the Patent Law stipulates: "The organization which has been granted patent rights shall reward the inventor or designer of a service invention-creation; upon implementation of the patent...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Israeli Supreme Court: Monopolies May Be Sued for Charging Unfair Excessive Prices

On July 26, 2022, the Israeli Supreme Court handed down a precedent-setting ruling in the Central Bottle Company (Coca-Cola Israel) case (Permission for Civil Appeal Gafniel v. Central Bottle Company Ltd.). The court...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Coca-Cola - “Thums Down” on Evidence of Damages in Misrepresentation of Source in Cancellation Proceeding with Unresolved...

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We reported here last summer the outcome of Coca-Cola Company’s petitions to cancel the registrations for the above-captioned marks owned by Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. Meenaxi appealed the TTAB’s decision to cancel the...more

Knobbe Martens

Proving Reputational Injury Without Use of the Marks in the United States

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MEENAXI ENTERPRISE, INC. v. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY - Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stoll.  Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: To maintain a statutory cause of action under the Lanham Act for activities...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Coca Cola Consolidated settles 401(k) lawsuit

Coca-Cola Consolidated has settled an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit filed against the company for its 401(k) plan....more

King & Spalding

Ninth Circuit De-Certifies Class Action Against The Coca-Cola Company on Standing Grounds

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On August 31, 2021, the Ninth Circuit vacated a district court’s certification of a class of consumers who alleged mislabeling claims against The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”), holding that the consumers lacked standing to...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Tax Court Denies Coca-Cola's Request for Reconsideration in Pivotal Transfer Pricing Case

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The Tax Court has denied Coca-Cola’s request to file an out of time motion for reconsideration of the Court’s November 2020 adverse transfer pricing decision. Coca-Cola filed its motion 196 days after the Tax Court served its...more

Foster Garvey PC

Power Moves in the Sports Arena: Coca-Cola Buys Remaining Control of Sports Drink, BodyArmor, and 17-Year-Old Basketball Star...

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Part of what I love about having a Sports Law practice is exactly what makes it difficult to cram everything I want to discuss into each week’s installment of the "Spotlight." No, it’s not that athletic prowess is not...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.29.2021 | Top Story: Delta Variant and Supply Chain Woes Slow GDP in Q3

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Q3 GDP data showed the full impact of the Delta variant and supply chain issues on America’s economic recovery, with GDP rising just 2% in the quarter ending September 30 as compared to the 6.7% it grew on an annualized basis...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Ninth Circuit Decertifies Class in Coca-Cola False Advertising Case

On August 31, 2021, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an unpublished order revoking class certification of a consumer class in a Coca-Cola labeling case. The plaintiffs alleged that Coke’s advertising slogan...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Coca-Cola Successfully Petitions to Cancel Trademark Registrations Based on Misrepresentation of Source

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Coca-Cola Company has a rich history and well-established global brand in its products originating in the U.S. It has also purchased and invested in the development of other brands and distribution of beverage products...more

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