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Shortly after the state of California filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging
deceptive prices, Amazon agreed to pay $2 million in penalties and
restitution.
Under the stipulated judgment, Amazon is restrained from
using an advertised reference price based on a formula, algorithm,
or other method that produces misleading or false results until
April 1, 2024. Amazon cannot advertise a reference price unless it
provides:
(1) a clear and conspicuous hyperlink to a clear and exact
definition of the term; and,
(2) the definition includes a statement that the reference price
(2006):
The court held that Koons s use of
the advertisement on the left was a transformative use when
incorporated in the work on the right:
Cariou v. Prince (2013):
Prince s use of Cariou s photos on the left to create the
work on the right was held to be transformative as a matter of
law:
By contrast, the Second Circuit held that it could not conclude
as a matter of law that Prince s use of the photo on the left
to create the work on the right was transformative:
Based on this survey, the court concluded: A common thread running through these cases is that, where
Businesses often employ sweepstakes promotions as a marketing vehicle to promote their goods and services. Sweepstakes can also constitute the business itself, e.g., Publishers Clearing House.
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On April 1, 2021, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court
ruled that the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system
( ATDS ) under the TCPA is limited by the plain grammar
of the statute itself. The Court, in a decision authored by Justice
Sotomayor, held that a device must have the capacity
to
use a random or sequential
number generator in either storing or producing a telephone number,
to qualify as an ATDS under the TCPA.
Facebook, Inc. v.
Duguid
et al., Case No. 19-511 (2021).
Our preview of the Supreme Court s consideration
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As part of its continued focus on deceptive made in
USA claims, in March, the FTC closed three investigations all
involving allegations that the advertiser overstated the extent to
which its product was made in the United States.
In a March 11, 2021
letter to Boogie Bikes, the FTC expressed concerns that
the company overstated the extent to which certain of its electric
bicycles are made or built in the United States.
The FTC explained that, although Boogie Bikes designs and
performs complex custom assembly in the United States, its bicycles