---
title: "Build a false-advertising issues table from the publication"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/build-an-injurious-falsehood-or-malicious-falsehood-issues-table/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A33-T1-R14-US"
practice_area: "Defamation & Media Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a false-advertising issues table from the publication

> List each statement in the publication about goods, services or commercial activities, with the page, and a blank for whether it concerns affiliation or a characteristic of the goods. Decide neither issue.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/build-an-injurious-falsehood-or-malicious-falsehood-issues-table/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Defamation & Media Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List each statement in the publication about goods, services or commercial activities, with the page, and a blank for whether it concerns affiliation or a characteristic of the goods. Decide neither issue. |
| What the lawyer must review | 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1) makes liable, in a civil action by a person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged, any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol or device, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which is likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception as to affiliation, connection, association, origin, sponsorship or approval, or which, in commercial advertising or promotion, misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities or geographic origin of that person's or another person's goods, services or commercial activities. You decide whether a statement meets either branch. Civil Code § 45 remains the California definition of libel when the claim is defamation rather than § 1125(a). |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build an injurious-falsehood or malicious-falsehood issues table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/defamation-and-media-law/build-an-injurious-falsehood-or-malicious-falsehood-issues-table.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each statement in the publication about goods, services or commercial activities, with the page, and a blank for whether it concerns affiliation or a characteristic of the goods. Decide neither issue.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 1125(a)(1)(B) is limited to commercial advertising or promotion. A news report is not placed in that branch unless you decide it fits.
- State trade-libel rules differ. This table uses the Lanham Act text above and does not restate a state tort.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 1125 (false designations of origin and false descriptions)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Civil Code § 45 (libel defined)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=45) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*