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…
Geraldine’s Cookies
March 2015: A federal judge dismissed this action When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled. pursuant to the parties’ stipulation of dismissal, the reasons for which have not been disclosed.
May 2014: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Bodacious Food Company for allegedly mislabeling its cookies – including Geraldine’s Italian Wedding Cookies, Geraldine’s Pecan Cini-Mints Cookies, and Geraldine’s Key Lime Cookies – as “all natural” when they actually contain unnatural, synthetic, artificial, and genetically modified ingredients. (Dye et al v. Bodacious Food Company, Case No. 14-cv-80627, S. D. FL.).
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