There Should Be a Price to Pay for Knowingly Lying to Consumers
Why TINA.org wants the Supreme Court to address proof of harm in Lanham Act cases.
In December 2013, a federal judge decided it was the end of the road for plaintiffs who filed a class-action lawsuit against Cogent Solutions Group in December 2012 for allegedly claiming that its supplement – Baxyl Hyaluronan – provides joint health and mobility without any support for such claims. The judge, who, in technical terms, granted the company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, determined that the plaintiffs failed to allege several things in their complaint, including:
For more details regarding the judge’s decision, click here to read the official decision.
(Hoffman et al v. Cogent Solutions Group, LLC, Case No. 13-cv-00079, D. NJ.).
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