Legal Opinion
SharkNinja Operating LLC v. Dyson Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 3, 2016No. : 14-cv-13720-ADBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
BURROUGHS, DISTRICT JUDGE
The parties, SharkNinja Operating LLC (“SharkNinja”), and Dyson Inc. and Dyson *283LTD (together, “Dyson”), are competitors in the household vacuum market. In this action, each accuses the other of disseminating false and misleading advertising about their respective vacuum products, in violation of the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and Massachusetts state law.
In 2013, Dyson launched an advertising campaign claiming that, certain of its vacuums had “twice the suction of any other vacuum” on the market. In July 2014, however,…
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