can investigating claims bind you to arbitration?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by lawhukukinet

LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. v. LegalZoom.com, Inc., 2018 WL 1738135, No. 17-cv-07194-MMC (N.D. Cal. Apr. 10, 2018)LegalZoom, which advertises its ability to help people register trademarks, allegedly makes “false comparisons to attorney led services” and engages in the unauthorized practice of law. The court dismissed Lanham Act false advertising claims because LegalForce (which offers “law firm automation and free trademark search services through its website Trademarkia.com”) failed to allege any injury proximately caused by the allegedly false advertising.  LegalForce even alleged that it “makes no revenue from [the] preparation and filing [of] U.S. trademark applications.” The same problem doomed the California state claims, there under the heading of “lost money or property.”LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. v. LegalZoom.com, Inc., 2018 WL 1730333, No. 17-cv-07194-MMC (N.D. Cal. Apr. 10, 2018) The court enforced…

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