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…
Olympia Beers
In March 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Pabst Brewing Co. for allegedly falsely marketing Olympia beers as being brewed using artesian water in Washington when, according to plaintiffs, the beers are brewed without artesian water in a mass-production brewery in California. (Peacock et al v. Pabst Brewing Company, LLC, Case No. 18-cv-568, E.D. Cal.)
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