Intellectual Property Law

43(B)log: "Is it False To Make Your Competitor's Service Worse and Then Say You're Better?"

By Marty Schwimmer

43(B)log: "Is it false to make your competitor's service worse and then say you're better?":

NetQuote sued MostChoice, a competitor, and Brandon Byrd, its employee. NetQuote alleged that MostChoice employed Byrd to pretend to be individuals interested in insurance quotes. He thus submitted hundreds of false inquiries to NetQuote?s web site, knowing that NetQuote?s clients would receive bad information that could not lead to a sale. NetQuote?s clients complained about the bad information, and some ended their relationships with NetQuote. To add false advertising to injury, MostChoice advertised itself as having superior accuracy and reliability in insurance referrals compared to NetQuote.

Full post as published by Trademark Blog on July 02, 2008 (boomark / email).