Fawcett Publications, Inc
62 F.T.C. 1540 · Docket 8187 · Decided 1963 (est.) · Initial decision
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FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, INC., ET AL.
Docket 8187. Order, April 80, 1968 Order denying respondents’ motion for modification of order to cease and desist of May 16, 1961, 58 F.T.C, 761.
This matter having come on to be heard by the Commission upon respondents’ petition filed March 26, 1968, joined in by American Book Publishers Council, Inc., requesting clarification or modification of the order to cease and desist contained in the initial decision, as adopted by the Commission on May 16, 1961 [58 F.T.C. 761], and requesting oral argument, and upon answer in opposition to said request filed by counsel supporting the complaint; and It appearing that the order, among other things, requires respondents to cease using or substituting a new title for the original title of a reprinted book without a disclosure of the original title and the fact that the book has been published previously under such title, such disclosure to appear both on the book and in advertising in the manner prescribed by the order; and It further appearing that the purpose of respondents’ petition is to have said provisions of the order construed or limited so as to apply only to books previously published in the United States; and The Commission being of the opinion that the order as issued is clear in its application to all of respondents’ reprinted books having a substitute title; and The Commission being of the further opinion that respondents’ petition fails to establish a reasonable probability that material changes in conditions of fact or of law have occurred since the order was entered or to demonstrate a probability that the public interest requires the modification requested; and It appearing that the briefs are entirely adequate to fully advise the Commission as to the matters in issue and that no useful purpose would be served by oral argument thereon:
It is ordered, That respondents’ petition filed on March 26, 1963, and their request for oral argument be, and they hereby are, denied.