LegalForce Loses Unfair Competition Suit Over Trademark Services

The law firm LegalForce RAPC Worldwide PC failed to show that it lost business to Trademark Express or that its employees are engaging in the practice of law, a California federal court said in rejecting the firm’s unfair competition claim.

LegalForce provides services to individuals and businesses seeking to register trademarks with the federal government. Chris DeMassa, doing business as Trademark Express, provides the same services. However, neither he nor his employees are attorneys.

LegalForce failed to prove Trademark Express was responsible for the firm’s decrease in revenue starting in 2015, according to the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...