About Face: Lancôme's Airbrushed Makeup Ads Banned in the UK

Makeup ads in the UK for products by L'Oreal have been banned after the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") deemed the airbrushing used in post-production to be misleading to consumers.
 

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YSL Fights Back By Seeking To Cancel Louboutin's Red Sole Trademark

As we previously reported here, Christian Louboutin ("Louboutin") filed a lawsuit against Yves Saint Laurent ("YSL") in early April, alleging that YSL and its affiliated companies violated Louboutin's red sole trademark by selling women's shoes with red uppers and outsoles alleged to be virtually identical to Louboutin's red sole trademarks.
 

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KISS MY APP: PrivacyStar™ App Helps Consumers File FTC Complaints

First Orion developed PrivacyStar™, a relatively new and increasingly popular smartphone app for the Android and Blackberry. The app's main purpose is to block unwanted calls and text messages, and to provide Caller ID for unknown callers so subscribers may take appropriate action by adding the numbers to their Privacy List. The app also provides a SmartBlock capability, which employs the data gathered from PrivacyStar™ usage to automatically block most blocked numbers; Do Not Disturb, which forwards all non-blocked incoming calls to voicemail; and more recently, SMS ID and Voice-Activated Directory Assistance functionality (in the Android smartphone).
 

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