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…
HexClad Cookware
Case Name (Date)
Didwania et al. v. HexClad Cookware, Inc.
23-cv-5110, C.D. Cal.
(June 2023)
Product/Service
HexClad cookware
Allegations
Misleadingly marketing cookware as non-toxic and free from PFOAs and PFAS when the cookware is coated in polytetrafluoroethylene (or PTFE), which is a type of PFAS chemical
Status
Voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.
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