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Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Amazon: The Prime Target in FTC Crackdown

On October 18, 2023, Amazon filed a motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit alleging that the company deceived millions of consumers into nonconsensual Prime membership enrollment and thwarted members’...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

FTC Targets Amazon In Crackdown On ‘Dark Patterns’ Marketing Tactics

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that Amazon used digital marketing tactics known as “dark patterns” to trick millions of customers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime auto-renewing subscriptions, while...more

Weintraub Tobin

Apple False Advertising Suit for “Buy” Buttons Could Have Serious Implications for Streaming Companies

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Apple is facing a new class-action lawsuit in the Western District of New York alleging that its use of the “buy” button is “false and misleading.” The suit claims that when Apple offers consumers the right to “buy” content,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Amazon Delivers Pricing Challenge to Arbitration

Amazon successfully moved a putative class action challenging its pricing practices to arbitration after the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit held that the retailer’s agreement was not unconscionable....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - June 2017 #3

FTC Jumps on Trampoline Marketing - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) bounced purportedly misleading trampoline marketing claims in a new administrative consent order. Son “Sonny” Le and his brother Bao “Bobby” Le...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

Sue-per Bowl Shuffle III: The Year In NFL-Related Intellectual Property Litigation

Two years ago, I started worrying about what would happen if someone at a Super Bowl party asked me to explain an NFL-related lawsuit, particularly one of those intellectual property lawsuits that sports fans assume IP...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Pushing the Envelope on Initial Interest Confusion Claims — Multi Time Machine, Inc. v. Amazon.com

Consider this: You are shopping online and you type in the name of a brand of wristwatch. Perhaps you wanted to purchase that exact brand of watch, or perhaps you were looking for a selection of watches that included the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - May 2015

Amazon Sues Over Fake Reviews - In a new lawsuit, Amazon targeted one individual and four companies that allegedly wrote and posted fake reviews on the e-commerce giant’s site. Amazon’s Conditions of Use expressly...more

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