Reverse passing off often happens when a company selling the product removes the mark and sells it.Below-cost sellingsUnauthorized substitution of one brand of products or goods for anotherRumormongering or trade slander/libel, such as verbal or written communications that would harm or ruin a company’s reputation in the industryCounterfeiting or imitationThe Laws Governing Unfair Competition State unfair competition law mainly governs unfair competition, although issues of false advertisement, trademark infringement, and copyrights often involve federal unfair competition law as well.
Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations mainly contains information about specific deceptive trade practices that may cause damage to business and create confusion among consumers.
This intellectual property branch law particularly relates to substituting one company’s products or services for another to mislead the consumers.
A business primarily uses these four devices to distinguish itself from others: Trademarks  Symbols, words, phrases, emblems, slogans, and other devices get used to signify source and authenticity to the public.
A company’s trade dress can also get served by combining specific colors, such as the color red and yellow used by Chevron Chemical Company.
Using generic words or phrasing could limit competition, so these are not eligible for trademark protection.
Step forward Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which has opened an official probe of Apple — following a complaint lodged in March by security company Kaspersky Labs.
Kaspersky’s complaint to FAS followed a change in Apple’s policy towards a parental control app it offers, called Kaspersky Safe Kids.
Discussing the complaint in a blog post the security firm says Apple contacted it in 2017 to inform it that the use of configuration profiles is against App Store policy, even though the app had been on Apple’s store for nearly three years without it raising any objections.
Apple told Kaspersky to remove configuration profiles from the app — which it says would require it to remove two key features that makes it useful to parents: Namely, app control and Safari browser blocking.
It also points out that the timing of Apple’s objection followed Apple announcing its Screen Time feature, in iOS 12 — which allows iOS users to monitor the amount of time they spend using certain apps or on certain websites and set time restrictions.
Kaspersky argues Screen Time is “essentially Apple’s own app for parental control” — hence raising concerns about the potential for Apple to exert unfair market power over the store it also operates by restricting competition.
Reverse passing off often happens when a company selling the product removes the mark and sells it.Below-cost sellingsUnauthorized substitution of one brand of products or goods for anotherRumormongering or trade slander/libel, such as verbal or written communications that would harm or ruin a company’s reputation in the industryCounterfeiting or imitationThe Laws Governing Unfair Competition State unfair competition law mainly governs unfair competition, although issues of false advertisement, trademark infringement, and copyrights often involve federal unfair competition law as well.
Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations mainly contains information about specific deceptive trade practices that may cause damage to business and create confusion among consumers.
This intellectual property branch law particularly relates to substituting one company’s products or services for another to mislead the consumers.
A business primarily uses these four devices to distinguish itself from others: Trademarks  Symbols, words, phrases, emblems, slogans, and other devices get used to signify source and authenticity to the public.
A company’s trade dress can also get served by combining specific colors, such as the color red and yellow used by Chevron Chemical Company.
Using generic words or phrasing could limit competition, so these are not eligible for trademark protection.
Step forward Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), which has opened an official probe of Apple — following a complaint lodged in March by security company Kaspersky Labs.
Kaspersky’s complaint to FAS followed a change in Apple’s policy towards a parental control app it offers, called Kaspersky Safe Kids.
Discussing the complaint in a blog post the security firm says Apple contacted it in 2017 to inform it that the use of configuration profiles is against App Store policy, even though the app had been on Apple’s store for nearly three years without it raising any objections.
Apple told Kaspersky to remove configuration profiles from the app — which it says would require it to remove two key features that makes it useful to parents: Namely, app control and Safari browser blocking.
It also points out that the timing of Apple’s objection followed Apple announcing its Screen Time feature, in iOS 12 — which allows iOS users to monitor the amount of time they spend using certain apps or on certain websites and set time restrictions.
Kaspersky argues Screen Time is “essentially Apple’s own app for parental control” — hence raising concerns about the potential for Apple to exert unfair market power over the store it also operates by restricting competition.