Here come the First Amendment challenges to new governmental battles against “added sugars” in the war against obesity. Last week, the FDA sought comment on its proposal to require nutritional labels to list “added sugars” – that is, sugars that have been added to the packaged food and are not naturally occurring. The goal is … Continue reading Soda Industry Attacks Added Sugar Disclosure in Obesity Wars…
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The Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment: All Eyes on the Bay Area
Look to the Bay Area for new battles on the commercial speech front. In these fights, you can really see how the conservative movement’s campaign against regulation is deploying the First Amendment. First, there’s the cellphone industry fight against Berkeley’s new requirement that mobile phone vendors warn against cell phone radiation. The warning reads: “If … Continue reading The Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment: All Eyes on the Bay Area…
In Open Letter to Google, 80 Internet Scholars Press for More Transparency on Right to Be Forgotten Compliance
One year ago, the European Court of Justice, in Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, ordered search engines to respond to users’ requests to delist results on searches of their names that allegedly violate user privacy rights. This has become known as the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) ruling. Today, 80 technology scholars from … Continue reading In Open Letter to Google, 80 Internet Scholars Press for More Transparency on Right to Be Forgotten Compliance…
Wait, What? How Many? What Do They Claim To Own?
By: Amir Alimehri ’17 Typically, a business or an individual files a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeking nationwide protection for the trademarks they use or have a good-faith intent to use in interstate commerce. There are many rules to the game of obtaining protection; of recent note is … Continue reading Wait, What? How Many? What Do They Claim To Own?…
Hookah Lawsuit Up in Smoke: Supreme Court Denies Petition for Cert.
By: Brittney Cafero (Rutgers-Camden Law Class of 2015) In August 2014, Inhale, Inc. (“Inhale”) filed petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to address the issue of conceptual separability. The Copyright Act of 1976 protects a useful article — one having both functional and artistic aspects — as long as some element can be … Continue reading Hookah Lawsuit Up in Smoke: Supreme Court Denies Petition for Cert.…