anti-Chinese memory chips blog & report weren’t commercial speech despite alleged competitor funding
Yangtze Memory Technologies, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc., 2026 WL 2350276, No. 1:25-cv-01795...
compounding pharmacy must face drugmaker’s Lanham Act claims based on false 503B compliance statements
Pacira BioSciences, Inc. v. Nephron Sterile Compounding Center, LLC, No. 3:23-cv-05552-CMC, 2026 WL 2267750 (D.S.C. Aug. 6, 2026) Pacira...
Probiotic throwdown continues w/factual dispute over clinical studies
ExeGi Pharma, LLC v. VSL Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2026 WL 2144541, No. 19-cv-02479-LKG (D. Md. Jul. 27, 2026) This is the latest opinion in a...
trademark claim proceeds with essentially no detail, despite trade dress failure
Honest Company, Inc., v. Butterblu, LLC, 2026 WL 2211834, No. 2:26-cv-00019-WLH-MBK (C.D. Cal. Jul....
challenge to FTC’s substantiation requirement isn’t yet ripe
Xlear, Inc. v. U.S. Fed. Trade Comm’n, 2026 WL 2150208, No. 2:25-cv-00484-DBB-CMR (D. Utah Jul. 27, 2026) In 2021, the FTC brought a...
not with a bang, but with a whimper of whipped dogs? VIP prevails in Ninth Circuit
VIP Prods., LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., No. 25-2027 (9th Cir. Aug. 4, 2026) VIP prevailed on remand on the confusion claim but...
interactive website offering illegal-in-CT ghost guns wasn’t covered by CUTPA, but any sales were
Connecticut v. Indie Guns LLC, NO. (X06) UWY-CV23-6072307S, 2026 WL 2322641 (Ct. Super. Ct. Aug. 6,...
IPSC Breakout Session 3 Trademark Confusion & Consumer Perception
Trademark Confusion as a Matter of Law, Andrew Michaels Is infringement a proposition about the world, or about the law? Fact: an empirical...
consumers face more skepticism than competitor in online gaming case
Mitchell v. Skillz Platform Inc., 2026 WL 2212876, No. 26-cv-00674-AMO (N.D. Cal. Jul. 31, 2026) Although competitors can aggregate harm to...
a lot of balls: golf ball manufacturer states claim for allegedly false UV light comparison
TaylorMade Golf Co. v. TopGolf Callaway Brands Corp., 2026 WL 2244259, No. 3:26-cv-250-GPC-BJW...
