The Law Offices of H.W. Pfabé

My law practice is focused on Intellectual Property. I mostly help businesses, start-ups, and individual inventors, with protecting their ideas and their work. This is generally through the use of Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Trade Dress, Right of Publicity, and similar protections. However, I also take great interest in Consumer Protection and in Unfair Trade Practices. This story comes closest to these last two areas.

YELP, a site and service best known for providing a forum for consumers to review and critique businesses, has noticed a disturbing trend: businesses threatening and suing customers who post negative reviews. Now YELP is doing their part to fight back, letting consumers know about their rights while also...