Plaintiff Lesly Chavez, who operates a 24-hour mobile legal servicing company in Greater Los Angeles called Seals on Wheels Notary, alleges that defendant Telli Griffin is infringing her registered trademark by running a business called Seals on Wheels Mobile Notary Services, said Chavez’s complaint Wednesday (docket l:24-cv-01029) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. Chavez also alleges that Meta is guilty of contributory trademark infringement because it has refused Chavez's demands to take down Griffin’s Facebook and Instagram advertising. Chavez and her counsel have sent Griffin multiple emails since May 2020, and as recently as March 26, putting her on notice of her infringing conduct, but Griffin has ignored them, said the complaint. They also sent notices to Instagram on April 4 and to Facebook on April 10, demanding that they take down Griffin’s advertising, it said. But Meta continues to allow the advertisement and promotion of the infringing mark to the present day, even after the infringement notices and follow-up emails from Chavez and her attorney, said the complaint. Meta “has control over the infringement, including without limitation the ability to stop the dissemination of the infringement by ceasing all advertisement and promotions” of the infringing mark on Instagram and Facebook, it said. Griffin’s unauthorized use of the infringing mark, and Meta’s “disregard” of that infringement, “creates a likelihood of confusion as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement” of Chavez’s services, “and is likely to falsely suggest sponsorship, connection, license, or association” of Griffin and Chavez’s registered mark, it said.
The Commerce Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (A-555-003/C-555-004), Malaysia (A-557-830/C-557/831), Thailand (A-549-851/C-549-852) and Vietnam (A-552-841/C-552-842). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 16, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on ceramic tile from India (A-533-928/C-533-929). The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 15, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Imperial Health Holdings, a medical clinic in Pasadena, California, violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by “bombarding” consumers with unsolicited fax ads, alleged Jeffery Katz’s class action Monday (docket 3:24-cv-02854) in U.S. District Court for Northern California. The TCPA was enacted to protect consumers from unsolicited and unwanted phone and fax solicitations “exactly like those alleged in this case,” said Katz’s complaint. Imperial’s unwanted fax ads forced the plaintiff and the class members to pay for the costs of paper and toner, it said. Imperial’s faxes also invaded Katz’s privacy and peace, it said. He also was distracted, inconvenienced and annoyed by the unwanted faxes, it said. The complaint seeks an injunction requiring Imperial to cease all unsolicited fax ads, plus an award of statutory damages and treble damages for Imperial’s knowing and willful TCPA violations.
BookTix, a virtual box office for local community performances, conceals processing fees until the final moments of checkout, in violation of New York’s “all-in pricing” mandate, alleged a fraud class action Monday (docket 7:24-cv-03670) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in White Plains.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 14, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Google is “self-preferencing” its YouTube videos in Google search results over links to searched-for videos on other online video platforms, alleged Rumble Canada's antitrust complaint Monday (docket 5:24-cv-02880) against Google and parent Alphabet in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose. The plaintiff claims damages of over $1 billion, “before trebling.”
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 13, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.