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…
May 2014: This case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled., the reasons for which have not been disclosed.
January 2014: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Capital Intellect, Inc. for allegedly falsely marketing Winferno Software. Among other things, plaintiffs allege that the company claims its “Registry Power Cleaner” is able to perform many functions to improve PC performance when, according to plaintiffs, it only performs one basic function that will not significantly improve a PC’s performance. In addition, plaintiffs allege that the company offers a free diagnostic scan to induce consumers to purchase its software because the scan is intentionally designed to always find “Critical Errors” and report that the consumer needs to purchase the “Registry Power Cleaner” to fix the problems. (Bilodeau et al v. Capital Intellect, Inc., d/b/a Winferno Software, Case No. 14-cv-10129, D. MA.).
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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