According to an article in PRWeb, Gillman Law LLP reported that a class action suit against Duracell for false advertising was filed on April 10, 2012, in the federal court in San Francisco, California.  The complaint alleges that plaintiffs bought the significantly higher priced batteries on a “false promise” that they would last longer than the [...]

Guess stands accused of “a massive, complicated scheme to knock off Gucci’s best-known and iconic designs,” according to Louis Ederer, Gucci’s lawyer. For Italian fashion house Gucci, being imitated so deliberately is no compliment. The luxury powerhouse sued Guess and its exclusive licensee Marc Fisher Footwear for various claims including: trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, trade [...]

To everyone who participated and attended the Advertising, Media, and Social Medial Law group’s Spring Rush industry event yesterday.  The event was a huge success! Please stay tuned for more content including posts, how-to’s, and events from Ad Nauseum.  As always, please feel free to contact us at AdNauseumNYLS@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @AdNauseum_NYLS. [...]

By: Sumit Pathak Jeremy Lin is no Yao Ming, but he is the new Yao Ming. He’s shorter than Yao and American, yet he stands taller than Yao. After being pulled off the bench in a desperate move to replace an injured teammate, Lin was thrust into the NBA limelight as a starter. If not [...]

By: Alanna Pittard When media and advertisements exploit the divide created by economic inequality, it will likely generate resistance from the public. This brings us to the issue at hand: a Pakistan designer duo, Sana Safinaz, considered one of the prominent names in luxury fashion in their country, raised heated online controversy in response to [...]

By: Sumit Pathak On one side we have Pinterest: a virtual pinboard that lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. It basically allows you to organize your photographic or image-based findings on the Internet, with controls over with whom and how you share them on your virtual pinboard. On [...]

By: Sumit Pathak Twitter has been on a roll lately, launching initiatives to compensate for its earlier monetization issues. Just last month, Twitter announced a new program for small businesses in partnership with American Express (and their merchants) where about 10,000 card-members and merchants would receive $100 in Twitter ads. This should bring an excited [...]

Late last week the Internet search giant Yahoo! announced it would implement a ‘do not track’ tool across websites hosted on its networks.  Great!  What does that mean? Well, for the average user it means that he or she will now have the option of controlling what information websites like Yahoo can collect, and what [...]

By: Jeffrey Fann As many 3Ls across the nation will tell you, it isn’t easy landing a job these days, and for many, even getting interviews is proving difficult. Now imagine being on an interview and being asked to provide your potential employer with your Facebook login email and password. Would you oblige for the [...]