Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC

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• holding that a competitor’s action in causing a sponsored ad to appear next to the results of an online search engine’s search results using plaintiffs trademark constituted a “use” under the Lanham Act
• noting that Lanham Act prohibits false designations of origin or misleading descriptions of goods or services which are likely to cause confusion and does not contemplate unfair competition based on the filing of a lawsuit
• “[T]he elements of a claim of unfair competition under the Lanham Act are the same as for claims of unfair competition . . . under New Jersey . . . law.”
• “[T]he elements of a claim of unfair competition under the Lanham Act are the same as for claims of unfair competition and trademark infringement under New Jersey statutory and common law.” (citations omitted)
• “Because the elements of a claim of unfair competition under the Lanham Act are the same as for claims of unfair competition and trademark infringement under New Jersey statutory and common law, the Court's analysis [above] extends to Plaintiff's state law claims as well.”
• “Because the elements of a claim of unfair competition under the Lanham Act are the same as for claims of unfair competition . . . under New Jersey statutory and common law, the Court's analysis below extends to Plaintiff's state law claims as well[,]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).