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Intellectual Property

Dec. 30, 2014

More can sue under Lanham Act after 2014

This year, while the Supreme Court was expanding false advertising access to the Lanham Act, the circuit courts were busy making plaintiffs prove up their so-called irreparable injuries. What happened? By Jane Shay Wald


By Jane Shay Wald


Last term, the U.S. Supreme Court unfurled the welcome mat to more plaintiffs seeking relief under the false advertising protections of the Lanham Act. But while the Supreme Court was expanding false advertising access to the Lanham Act, the circuit courts were busy making plaintiffs prove up their so-called irreparable injuries. What happened?


Let's start with the two Lanham Act false advertising cases: Pom Wonderful LLC v. Coc...

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