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Lanham Act Misrepresentation

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Mic Drop: Singer-Songwriter Forgoes Public Performance Royalties to Prevent Performances by ‘Cover Band’ Amidst Lawsuit

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The original frontman of The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, terminated his public performance license agreements in the hope of preventing what he calls a The Guess Who “cover band” from performing the works he penned for the...more

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Licensor’s Fraud and Lanham Act Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss in Pennsylvania Federal Court

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A federal court in Pennsylvania granted in part and denied in part a licensee’s motion to dismiss the licensor’s breach of contract, fraud, and Lanham Acts claims. Westbrook Monster Mix Co. v. Easy Gardener Prods., Inc., 2024...more

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Proper grounds to cancel another companies trademark

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In business, trademarks are everything. It's how consumers come to know, love and trust your brand. It's a valuable corporate asset, and many disputes can arise of name rights with the explosion of e-commerce and the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Cautionary Advertising Tale About Creatine and Energy Drinks

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A jury found Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., maker of Bang energy drink, and its CEO (together, Vital) liable for false advertising under the Lanham Act and awarded Monster Energy Co. (Monster) more than $271 million for damages...more

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5 Key Takeaways | Petitions for Expungement or Reexamination of the Trademark Modernization Act

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Kilpatrick Townsend's Ted Davis recently spoke at the Federal Bar Association's IP Law Fall Conference 2022 on the topic of "Petitions for Expungement or Reexamination and Other Aspects of the Trademark Modernization Act."...more

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5 Key Takeaways | Combating Misrepresentations in Trademark Prosecution and Maintenance

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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Ted Davis recently spoke at the New York Intellectual Property Association. He discussed "Combatting Misrepresentations in the Trademark Prosecution and Maintenance" during the Hot Topics in...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

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: What's New This Week - May 2021

Shining a metaphorical light on claims about solar panels, the office of New Jersey State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has entered into a consent order compelling a company accused of deceptive advertising its solar...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Single Communication-Based False Advertising Claim Permitted to Proceed

recent decision out of the District of Massachusetts serves as a reminder that a court may consider even a single communication by an advertiser made directly to a consumer to be advertising under the Lanham Act,...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Update: Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lanham Act Claims Based on Allegedly False UL Certification

Last fall, we covered the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of Board-Tech Electronic Company’s Lanham Act false advertising claim. Based on its own internal testing, Board-Tech alleged that light switches sold by its...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Competitor’s Claim of False Advertising Through Use of Certification Mark Dismissed

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In Board-Tech Elec. Co. v. Eaton Electric Holdings LLC, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a novel claim that a competitor’s authorized use of a third party’s certification mark...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Court Says “Lights Out” on UL Certification Lanham Act Claim

Last week, a federal judge in Manhattan examined the intersection of false advertising and trademark infringement law in connection with the alleged misuse of a certification mark, and found the plaintiff to be entitled to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &...

Flummoxed By FLANAX: TTAB Cancels Trademark Registration Based On Misrepresentation As To Source Despite No Use In U.S. By...

In an interesting precedential decision, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) canceled a registration for FLANAX despite the fact that the petitioner, Bayer Consumer Care AG, did not use FLANAX in the United States,...more

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