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Kentucky AG Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit against PDD Holdings Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, alleging widespread violations of state consumer protection laws. According to the complaint, the Temu shopping app...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a final rule updating the definition of the nutrient content claim “healthy.” To qualify as “healthy” under the updated definition, food products must contain a...more
Kattison Avenue examines the latest topics in advertising law affecting today's advertisers, advertising and promotions agencies, technology developers, content producers and entertainment companies....more
This month’s International Trade Commission wrap-up focuses on the circumstances in which a complainant can amend its complaint. In particular, on November 2, 2023, Administrative Law Judge Moore denied a complainant’s...more
Section 22 of the Canadian Trademarks Act prohibits the use of a registered trademark “in a manner that is likely to have the effect of depreciating the value of the goodwill attaching thereto”....more
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) is a fast-paced, high-stakes forum for companies with significant U.S. operations and/or U.S. intellectual property rights. Broad in scope, Section 337 empowers the ITC...more
Rapper 50 Cent Settles with Plastic Surgery Clinician - Claims clinic owner used snapshot to suggest ... something embarrassing - A Question You Wouldn’t Ask in Person - 50 Cent—rapper, TV producer, actor—once...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
NARB to Unilever: Comparison Ad Requires Scrubbing - Bath & Body Works owner: ‘Cross-platform body wash campaign stinks!’ The Reveal - It’s a sunny, happy commercial – a bit of a throwback to the “blind taste test”...more
"Miracle Gel" Not a Salon Gel Manicure, Ad Board Says - In an appeal from a ruling by the National Advertising Division (NAD), the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) upheld a recommendation that Coty discontinue...more
"12th Man" Suit Forces Aggies to Call an Audible on Traditional Copyright Defenses - Texas A&M University's "12th Man" is at the center of a legal blitz facing the University's Athletic Department. On January 19, 2017,...more
There are many businesses focused on helping inventors develop and monetize their ideas. There are companies that, for instance, help people seek patents on their inventions, license their inventions, turn their ideas into...more
On September 28, 2015, Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Hi-Tech”), a Georgia corporation, brought a trademark infringement action against Dynamic Sports Nutrition, LLC d/b/a Anabolic Research (“Dynamic”), and Brian Clapp...more
In 2011 EarthCam, Inc. (“EarthCam”) brought suit against Richard Hermann (“Hermann”), OxBlue Corporation, Chandler McCormarck, John Paulson, and Brian Mattern (collectively “OxBlue”) asserting corporate espionage to...more