Pl10motion and sponsorship of price catalogs by trade associa tion
73 F.T.C. 1313 · date not parsed · Digest No. 200
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No. 200. Pl10motion and sponsorship of price catalogs by trade associa tion.
The Commission was requested to render an opinion with respect to an outstanding order to eease and desist "'ivhich, among other things, proscribed agreements to suggest resale prices. The issue involved the legality of a covered Trade Association s sponsorship of catalogs for its member-dealers, ,vhiGh catalogs ,"ould contain 111anufacturers su$w' estedl'esale )rice.
The Commission advised that under an outstanding Commission order covering the Trade Assoc.iation and its members such sponsorship by the. Association may ,yell yiolate. said order. (File No. D-5979 released 1\la1'. 11 , 1968. ) (Opinion issued under authority of Section 61(c) of the Comll1ission sRules of Practice (1907). (
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