As a trademark attorney, I’ve received my fair share of cries for help from business owners who filed applications through trademark filing services to reduce their startup costs. LegalZoom and Trademarkia are two well-known companies in the industry.  They sound like a great deal.  The companies charge a fraction of what an attorney would cost.  […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced that it sent refund checks totaling $9.3 million to nearly 200,000 consumers who bought a device called the “Ab Circle Pro.”  The company claimed that exercising on the device for only three minutes a day would cause consumers to lose 10 pounds in two weeks. The day beforethat, the […]