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A United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland rejected a plaintiff’s arguments that a debt collector’s verification of a debt in response to a letter refusing to pay, but disputing...more
In a recent court order out of the Eastern District of Washington, a judge denied the Plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction against Defendant’s use of the mark LEAVENWORTH OKTOBERFEST, based in part on Plaintiff’s...more
Thank you for reading the October 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss an ongoing trademark suit involving a claim of irreparable harm, share the now open gTLD Sunrise periods,...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
One of the biggest frustrations for brand owners is seeing their products sold through unauthorized distribution channels such as on the Amazon Marketplace. Carefully controlled brand experiences and minimum advertised...more
In a narrow but notable holding, the Ninth Circuit recently held that the data mining company hiQ won the balance of hardships and identified sufficiently serious merits questions to warrant a preliminary injunction against...more
On August 3, 2016, the New York State Attorney General issued cease-and-desist letters to seven companies making pesticidal claims to prevent or protect consumers against the Zika virus. The claims at issue were made in...more
On June 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accepted the settlement offers made by two firms and three executives charged with using deceptive business practices in dealing with five school districts. As...more
In Fanning v. Federal Trade Commission, the First Circuit affirmed a summary decision of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which found that Jerk LLC, the operator of Jerk.com, materially misrepresented both the source of...more
If you are like thousands of small American businesses, you might have received a dubious “cease and desist” letter during recent months from an LLC with an odd name. The LLC’s name has six letters, the first and fourth of...more