Comments on: August 30 roundup

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:20:09 +0000

I fail to see how naming a line of furniture after an actor implies his endorsement.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:07:50 +0000

re: the Brando furniture line.

This does not seem unreasonable. I don’t recall that actors’ names (and therefore implied endorsement) have been deemed freely available for commercial use.

By: Many New Job-Killing Regulations from the Obama Administration

Many New Job-Killing Regulations from the Obama Administration — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:43:14 +0000

[…] employers who consider applicants’ arrest records in hiring — a practice it is now considering broadening, through agency guidelines restricting consideration of applicants’ criminal […]

By: CJohn

CJohn — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:56:57 +0000

“Yet no one is suing Kellogg’s, even though its Frosted Flakes website promotes the excessively sugary cereal as being [] packed with ‘good-for-you grains’….”

Kelloggs has been sued, somewhat successfully so, for mislabling claims, and has been dinged by the FTC for, inter alia, advertising that Coco Krispies are “clinically shown to improve kids’ attentiveness by nearly 20%” and “help[] support your child’s immunity” (scientific claims on par with Airborn’s “cold-remedy.”)