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Lanham Act Endorsements

Proskauer - Advertising Law

On Notice: Misattributed, False, or Mischaracterized Endorsements

Continuing our series on the FTC’s Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Endorsements, this post considers the issues of falsely attributed, mischaracterized, and fabricated endorsements – practices that the FTC highlighted...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Scantily Clad Survey Gets Bounced Out in Strip Club Scuffle

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Survey evidence in Lanham Act cases can often times be pretty revealing. If you develop it correctly, survey evidence can be a key ingredient to a successful outcome. But if you develop it incorrectly it will show flaws that...more

Butler Snow LLP

Shoes Make the Man, And Sometimes Spur Lawsuits

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Shoe companies like Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour begin courting future NBA stars when the players are in high school with the goal of signing them to endorsement deals when the player goes pro. This past year, the FBI and...more

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Come On Down! It’s always been about those commercials. Former waterbed salesman Bob Kaufman built a discount furniture empire. It expanded outward from a single Connecticut warehouse in the early 1990s to reach more...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Chuck Yeager’s Latest Suit Pulls Out of Nose Dive - Yeager et al. v. Fort Knox Security Products

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Over the years, well-known aviation figure and retired United States Air Force general, Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager (Yeager) has been engaged in numerous legal disputes, including several lawsuits that Yeager has filed against...more

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How Not To Market Your Business Online (Even If It Works): Claims Against Fake Review Sites And Stolen Obituary Photos Survive...

Despite celebrity endorsements from the likes of Dennis Miller and Alan Thicke, all that glitters isn’t gold when it comes to the marketing of precious metal investments. In March 2014, American Bullion, Inc., which is in the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - Feb 21, 2014

In a First, Dreft Sponsors—And Tweets About—Jonas Baby - In what appears to be the first endorsement for a celebrity baby birth, Dreft laundry detergent announced the arrival of the first born child of Kevin Jonas, the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation Alert: Ninth Circuit Assesses Use of Player Likenesses in Video Games

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On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the Ninth Circuit issued two opinions assessing the parameters of use of individual player likenesses in video games in two highly watched cases...more

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