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…
RCA Digital Home Theater Projectors
July 2019: This case was transferred to federal court. (Case No. 19-at-499, E.D. Cal.)
May 2019: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Curtis International and Technicolor USA for allegedly falsely advertising the brightness of RCA digital home theater projectors. Specifically, the complaint alleges that the brightness of the projectors ranges from 2000 to 3100 lumens when, according to the complaint, testing shows that the lumen output is “substantially lower.” (Scanlon et al v. Curtis International, Ltd. And Technicolor SA d/b/a Technicolor USA, Inc., Case No. 19CV-01882, California State Court – Merced County)
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