all - Opinion Summaries

LAVIE v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
The trial court did not err in evaluating whether an advertisement was deceptive under the California unfair competition law using a reasonable...

IQ PRODS. CO. v. PENNZOIL PRODS. CO.

Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
Failure to label a product in keeping with Federal Hazardous Substances Act regulations does not constitute a false or misleading statement that is...

REPUBLICAN NAT'L COMM. v. TAYLOR

Contracts, False Advertising, Media Law
An advertising statement, offering a prize to one who disproves it, was not ambiguous, did not falsely allege that a Republican plan would balance the...

JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. v. 1-800 CONTACTS, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies, False Advertising
An injunction under the Lanham Act, prohibiting a company from making certain statements about another's products and services, is vacated where 1) a...

KASKY v. NIKE, INC.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, False Advertising
Corporation's allegedly false statements, directed by a commercial speaker to a commercial audience and making representations about the corporation's...

FED. TRADE COMM'N v. KEN ROBERTS CO.

False Advertising
Neither the Investment Advisors Act nor the Commodity Exchange Act strip the FTC of its broad power over deceptive advertising.

LIPSCHER v. LRP PUBL'NS INC.

Intellectual Property, False Advertising
Judgment as a matter of law on false advertising claims are appropriate where the statements are literally true and there is no evidence of confusion.

LOGAN v. BURGERS OZARK COUNTRY CURED HAMS INC.

Intellectual Property, Patent, False Advertising
Where a company advertises a product that is only possible through the use of a process for which the company does not have a license, the inventor of...