Legal Opinion
Golo, LLC v. Highya, LLC
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 4, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17–2714PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gerald Austin McHugh, United States District Judge
This case demonstrates one of the challenges presented by new forms of online commerce-specifically, how to apply the Lanham Act to companies that generate income through websites that review the products of others, without selling any products of their own. Plaintiff GOLO, Inc. owns and operates a weight loss dieting program that can be purchased through its website. Defendants HighYa, LLC, and BrightReviews, LLC, are review websites that purportedly assist consumers in making a choice by evaluating the claims that companies like GOLO make…
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