SCOTUS rules trademark censorship is improper. Now, will someone please bring a case about the “obscene or indecent” prohibitions on alcohol labeling?
For the record, we predicted this outcome. Furthermore, it has the benefit of correctness...
Category: Advertising
You and Illinois’s new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Part 3 – advertising and promotional restrictions and potential First Amendment concerns.
Section 55-20 of Illinois’s new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act governs advertising and promotions...
Court orders Bud Light to stop advertising with a few phrases and bans two commercials and a billboard in the MillerCoors corn syrup lawsuit. Bonus – we’ve got the opinion for you.
We’ll have more on this tomorrow, but for now, we wanted to post the...
Whacky details published in Kona Brewing “not made in Hawaii” false advertising lawsuit – $2.9 Million in attorneys’ fees, publication in National Geographic. Bonus: we’ve got the motion for you.
It will come as no surprise that no real action has to be taken...
More reason to check your website’s use policy and not squash bad online reviews: the FTC is enforcing the Consumer Review Fairness Act
Back in 2016 we wrote about the Consumer Review Fairness Act passed by congress...
More craft brewer on craft brewer violence as Anchor Brewing opposes Yuengling’s filing for an historic “steam” related trademark
The blog Wynning History posted in February about the tortuous history of D.G. Yuengling...
Here’s the full complaint with exhibits in the Guns N’ Roses lawsuit against Canarchy over the Oskar Blues Guns ‘N’ Rosé beer – #GunsNRose
You may have thought this had pittered out. I certainly did after I took...
MillerCoors responds to Anheuser-Busch’s claims the corn syrup campaign is about transparency saying that’s “Nonsense.” BONUS: We’ve got the briefs for you.
MillerCoors filed its response to Anheuser-Busch’s Motion to Dismiss and its reply in support...
Illinois State Bar Association unveils their new Illinois Lawyer Now legal blog website – It’s cool and has some posts from exceptional Illinois legal bloggers.
I’m a big fan of the Illinois State Bar Association. Also, I’m a member....
Parties announce they’ve got a proposed $4.7 million settlement in the Kona false advertising lawsuit. We’ve got the filings for you.
Predictions that Craft Brew Alliance which owns Kona craft beer brand would need to...
Online CBD sellers get letters warning against their online claims about CBDs, giving companies some indirect guidance on the FDA and FTC’s views of CBD product claims and advertising.
Joint letters from the FDA and the FTC about CBD claims and advertising went...
Considering using another’s trademark in a hashtag referencing your beverage without permission? Consider carefully.
A recent case is a decent reminder that using someone else’s trademark as a...
