Love it or hate it, Instagram is coming to dominate the world of advertising. During Super Bowl 50, 38 million people reportedly made 155 million Super Bowl-related interactions on Instagram. And this week at New York Fashion Week, Tommy Hilfiger introduced the first ever “InstaPit,”…
A recent decision in federal court in New York serves both as a cautionary tale to companies looking to defend their trademarks and an important reminder to any company about to launch a new product under threat of an infringement claim. Authored by Judge Jed…
Illinois attorney Ms. Moira Bernstein is the latest advocate to take on Avvo.com, the Seattle-based lawyer information and rating site. On February 4, 2016, Ms. Bernstein filed a class action complaint against Avvo, Inc. (“Avvo”) in Cook County, Illinois. According to the allegations, Ms. Bernstein…
On January 28, 2016, Dorsey & Whitney’s Seattle office hosted a CLE panel discussion regarding In Re Simon Shiao Tam, the Federal Circuit decision holding that the “disparaging” trademark prohibition in Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act violated the First Amendment. The panel featured Simon…
When I opened up a newspaper a few weeks ago and saw an ad by Chobani for its Simply 100 Greek Yogurt, my first thought was, “that’s going to provoke a false advertising dispute.” Here’s what Chobani said about its competitor Yoplait: “there’s potassium sorbate…
Early in the game on Sunday night, Esurance ran a commercial announcing that it was giving away more than $1 million through a sweepstakes on Twitter. You may remember that Esurance made a splash with a Twitter-based sweepstakes directly after the 2014 Super Bowl. So…
In a recent post, we discussed the potential perils and pitfalls of advertising consumer products as “Made in the USA.” As we noted there, different federal and state regulatory regimes do not necessarily follow the same standard on when something can be deemed “made” here. …
On February 2, 2016, following three months of intense negotiations in the wake of the October 6, 2015 decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidating the EU-US Safe Harbor (previously in effect for over fifteen years), , the European Commission and…
Many professional athletes these days—particularly those in the National Basketball Association—have their bodies bedecked with all sorts of tattoos. It’s a trend that has steadily caught fire over the last several years with one recent estimate indicating that over 50% of all NBA players sport body…
With Super Bowl 50 quickly approaching, it’s a perfect excuse to check in on one of the IP issues that made big waves at last year’s “Big Game.” You may recall that the Super Bowl halftime show last year featured Katy Perry crooning on a…
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