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title: Consumer Litigation Surveys for Complex Legal Matters Blog | Rachelyn Provencher (2)
description: Applied Marketing Science (AMS) has over 30 years of experience conducting consumer litigation surveys for complex legal matters. Read the AMS blog. (2)
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## Rachelyn Provencher

### Recent Posts

## [Would a False Advertising Survey Have Carried “Weight”?](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/would-a-false-advertising-survey-have-carried-weight)

Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc. will not have to face a class-action lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed diet soda did not help her lose weight. In his Aug. 21 order, Judge William Orrick of the U.S....

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/would-a-false-advertising-survey-have-carried-weight)

[False Advertising](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/false-advertising)

## [The Importance of Selecting a Proper Control](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/the-importance-of-selecting-proper-control)

Consumer surveysfor trademark infringement cases can be a powerful and persuasive piece of evidence.However, a failure to follow accepted survey standards opens up a survey to criticism which may...

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/the-importance-of-selecting-proper-control)

[Likelihood of Confusion](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/likelihood-of-confusion), [Trademark](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/trademark)

## [FAQs from the INTA 2018 Annual Meeting](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/faqs-from-the-inta-2018-annual-meeting)

AMS had a great time at the [International Trademark Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Seattle](https://www.inta.org/2018Annual/Pages/Home.aspx), reuniting with friends and colleagues, and learning about the newest developments in trademark law....

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/faqs-from-the-inta-2018-annual-meeting)

[Trademark](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/trademark)

## [Meet the Expert: Jacqueline Chorn](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-jacqueline-chorn)

As the third installment in our Meet the Experts Series, we'll be speaking to survey expert Jacqueline Chorn. Jacqueline Chorn is a Senior Manager and Survey Expert in the Litigation Support practice

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-jacqueline-chorn)

[Claim Substantiation](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/claim-substantiation), [Trademark](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/trademark)

## [Meet the Expert: Brian Sowers](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-brian-sowers)

In the second installment of our Meet the Experts Series, we'll be speaking to survey expert Brian Sowers.

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-brian-sowers)

[Trademark](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/trademark)

## [See you in Seattle during the INTA 2018 Annual Meeting](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/inta-2018)

Applied Marketing Science (AMS) will be attending the **INTA 140th Annual** **Meeting** in scenic Seattle, WA, and we want to meet you! [INTA](https://www.inta.org/2018Annual/Pages/Home.aspx) is the world’s largest and most widely attended trademark event,...

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/inta-2018)

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## [Meet the Expert: Steve Gaskin (Part 2)](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-steve-gaskin-part-2)

A continuation of our Meet the Experts Series, Steve Gaskin answers questions regarding his experience and expertise in conjoint analysis. 

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## [Meet the Expert: Steve Gaskin (Part 1)](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/meet-the-expert-steve-gaskin-part-1)

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## [Conjoint Analysis Conducted by AMS Expert Steven P. Gaskin is Cited by a Judge for Its Proper Consideration of Market Factors when Calculating a Price Premium](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/steve-gaskin-conjoint-analysis-cited)

On August 9, 2017, the Honorable John A. Kronstadt, United States District Judge in the United States District Court, Central District Of California, released a ruling on Defendants’ Motion To...

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[Conjoint Analysis](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/conjoint-analysis)

## [AMS survey expert Dr. Geoffrey Fong provides key testimony in recent trademark infringement case](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/geoffrey-fong-trademark-case)

In *Select Comfort Corporation v. Dires LLC (0:12-cv-02899-DWF-SER)*, the plaintiffs claimed that Dires used various Select Comfort trademarks including “Sleep Number” as part of a Google AdWords...

[read more →](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/geoffrey-fong-trademark-case)

[Trademark](https://blog.ams-litigation.com/tag/trademark)

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