US Patent and Trademark Office Impersonator Reported to FTC
MADISON, CONN. Feb. 11, 2026 – A company calling itself “Patent & Trademark Office” is violating the FTC’s Impersonation Rule as well as the FTC Act by falsely posing as…
In September 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against ECOCO, Inc. for allegedly falsely labeling its Eco Style Professional Styling Gel line of hair products as “no flake” when, according to plaintiffs, such claim is not true as the hair products contain poly N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (PVP), which allegedly has a “natural tendency to produce flaking.” (Venus et al v. ECOCO, Inc., Case No. 19-cv-5400, E.D.N.Y.)
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MADISON, CONN. Feb. 11, 2026 – A company calling itself “Patent & Trademark Office” is violating the FTC’s Impersonation Rule as well as the FTC Act by falsely posing as…
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