False advertising – how much can a company get away with?

A recent federal court decision gives some guidance on what kinds of statements about a competitor rise to the level of false advertising. The case . . .

Old social media posts violated trade dress infringement injunction

The parties in the case of H.I.S.C., Inc. v. Franmar are competitors, each making garden broom products. In earlier litigation, the defendant filed a counterclaim . . .

Online retailer’s use of photo of products it did not sell was not an unfair or deceptive act

Defendant online guitar retailer used on its website a photo of premium guitar necks – products that the online retailer did not sell. Plaintiff – . . .

Intellectual property exception to CDA 230 immunity did not apply in case against Google

Web scraping case fails under Dastar

Claim against owner of website for scraping content failed, where plaintiff failed to allege improper removal of copyright management information, and where claim for passing . . .

Court reinstates SCO’s misappropriation claim against IBM in long-running lawsuit

Reports to advertisers about website content were protected speech

Co-founder liable for sending company’s social media followers to new competing company’s Facebook page

No copyright protection for two word phrase

When do you need a nondisclosure agreement?