Day: 08/12/2021

Oatly’s loss is victory for small producers

Oatly’s loss is victory for small producers

Oatly had claimed that the farm’s product, PureOaty, was too similar to its own, in both name and packaging design.

In its defence, Glebe Farm Foods argued that the brand name of its oat milk product and its packaging design featured generic terms and imagery, and there was no intention to mislead Oatly’s customers into believing the two rival brands were associated.

The Top 20 Most Incredible, Amazing, WOW – False Advertising Claims! – Ep. 28 [Podcast]

The Top 20 Most Incredible, Amazing, WOW – False Advertising Claims! – Ep. 28 [Podcast]

In this week’s episode of Stuff You Should Know About IP, Thomas Colson and Raymond Guarnieri discuss the differences between false advertising and puffery. Distinguishing between false advertising and puffery often depends on how specific a factual claim is. Under the US Lanham Act, deceptive trademarks, which are false advertising, are prohibited. And the US Patent and Trademark Office will reject marks for being deceptive. Some of the most mind-blowing, amazing false advertising cases are as follows:

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