When a company points out its own advantage, or a competitor's weakness, in its advertising by making direct or indirect references to the competition, it's called comparative advertising. In 1979, ...

Last week we blogged about a recent decision of the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau, holding that two YouTube videos for Rayovac brand batteries misleadingly communicated ...

Comparative advertising means that you directly compare your business or product to a competitor's offering. This ad approach is commonly used by companies in a competitive positioning strategy. In ...

CA Brijesh and Shubham Shende of Remfry & Sagar describe why the Indian courts seem to be taking a more lenient view of comparative advertising “Creativity may well be the last legal unfair ...

IP law balances protecting individuals and companies from unfair use of their endeavours with promoting healthy competition – and comparative advertising clearly demonstrates this balance IP law is ...

A decision by the High Court of Delhi has confirmed that the denigration of another brand in comparative advertising crosses the line, say Ranjan Narula and Daleep Kumar of RNA, Technology and IP ...

A case from the European Court of Justice offers invaluable guidance for what is acceptable in comparative advertising, especially when it comes to comparing the prices of goods sold in different ...

Section 22 of the Canadian Trademarks Act prohibits the use of a registered trademark “in a manner that is likely to have the effect of depreciating the value of the goodwill attaching thereto”. The ...