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Oprah Sues over Acai Berry Endorsements
Oprah sues over Acai berry internet marketers for using her name without permission. America’s favorite talkshow host Oprah sues over Acai berry together with Dr. Mehmet Oz, professor of cardiac surgery at Columbia University, for using their names to illegally promote the dietary supplement.
Oprah has posted a message in her website explaining that neither Oprah nor Dr. Oz are associated with nor do they endorse any specific product, company or any online solicitation. Oprah sues over Acai berry and states on her website that any company that misrepresents their affiliation is just making false claims.
Oprah’s move to sue over acai berry follows more than two thousand complaints related to Acai Berry products has fielded Oprah’s website. Some involve viewers who believed that the product was actually endorsed by either Winfrey or Oz. Others are from consumers who felt like they had been defrauded. Oprah sued over Acai Berry in Manhattan Federal Court.
Oprah spoke boldly about the Acai berry on her talkshow but she claims that she did not endorse the berry. Oprah sues over Acai berry internet marketers for using her name without permission. Oprah has filed a federal trademark infringement suit against 40 peddlers of the alleged dietary supplement.
The Acai berry advertisement claims that the food supplement can help in loosing weight, solve sexual problems and add years to a person’s life.

