IP & Media Law Updates

3/2/2024 11:55:51 PM

Swimming Pool Parts Manufacturer Owes $15 Million for False Advertising

By Kimberly Maynard

Last week, a North Carolina federal jury charged Blueworks Corp., a swimming pool equipment manufacturer, with $14.7 million in damages...

8/24/2023 7:16:42 PM

By Brian Murphy

This case is about what can happen when an advertiser (here, a Chevy dealer) modifies and then shares on Facebook a viral video (showing...

2/8/2023 5:04:10 PM

By Regina Gerhardt

Fashion retailer Zara—which is often accused of copying other brands' designs—has now filed its own copyright infringement lawsuit...

1/7/2022 1:32:16 AM

By Edward H. Rosenthal

When I first heard that a putative class action had been filed in federal court in New York against the NFL, Giants and Jets, I assumed...

6/29/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

For those following our blogs, you've likely come across discussions of false advertising litigation trends involving the use of terms...

4/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

There are certain fundamental requirements that underlie most false advertising and deceptive business practices laws. There needs to be...

3/30/2020 10:44:45 PM

By Craig Whitney

Notwithstanding YouTube's significant role in public discourse--with more than 1.3 billion users and more than 30 million daily...

2/27/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

Ok, so now I'm confused. Just recently, we discussed the dismissal of a putative class action where advertising dog food as "natural,"...

2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

There are no shortage of consumer class action false advertising cases over the use of word "natural." It doesn't matter whether you...

10/21/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

Is enough ever enough? Apparently not when you're expecting unlimited refills. That's the issue at the heart of a recent false...

6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM

By Craig Whitney

Conventional wisdom would likely conclude that using an image of a competing product to advertise your own runs afoul of false...