L’Oreal says competitors Johnson & Johnson and Merck revealed in previous litigation that both use octocrylene to keep the avobenzone in their sunscreen formulas from degrading, representing two cases of willful patent infringement. L’Oreal is suing the companies in Delaware federal court for injunction and damages.
L'Oreal SA is asking a Delaware federal court to enjoin Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. Inc. from leveraging its patented sunscreen-stabilizing technology in their Neutrogena and Coppertone products.
According to L’Oreal, which filed two separate suits Jan. 27, the defendants’ products infringe a pair of patents it holds...
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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A round up of the latest moves in Europe's consumer health market: Enzymatica appoints CEO; Haleon hires DACH marketing chief; Futura confirms interim CEO.
Children and young adults will in future learn more about responsible self-care, including when it is appropriate to see a pharmacist, specific instructions for dental health and information about health risks associated with smoking, vaping, and other nicotine products such as nicotine pouches.
Internal Revenue Code should include within its definition of “medical care” spending the consumers' purchases of supplement products based on labeling of FDA-approved health and structure/function claims, NPA CEO Daniel Fabricant says.
