Clothing Cotton Converters
16 CFR Part 51 · Trade practice rules · in the Code of Federal Regulations 1938-1939 (2 annual editions)
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Latest edition: Library of Congress, 1939 CFR · Earliest edition: 1938 CFR
Text (1939 edition, OCR)
§ 20.13 praries, churches, hospitals, and charitable institutions not operated for profit. (52 Stat. 446; 15 U.S.C., Sup., 18c) +t (49 Stat. 1526; 15 U.S.C., Sup., 13-13b, 21a) § 20.13 Aiding or abetting use of un- fair trade practices. It is an un- fair trade practice for any person, firm or corporation to aid, abet, coerce or induce another, directly or indirectly, to use or promote the use of any unfair trade practice specified in this part.**?7 Nore: For Group II rules, see 4 F.R. 4133. PART 51—CLOTHING COTTON CONVERTERS Nore: This part has been superseded. See Part 110. PART 66—SHIRTING FABRICS INDUSTRY Nore: This part has been superseded. See Part 110. PART 96—ALL-COTTON WASH GOODS INDUSTRY Nore: This part has been superseded. See Part 110. PART 97—MARKING DEVICES INDUSTRY Sec. 97.1 Misbranding. 97.2 Misrepresentation of industry prod- ucts, 97.3. Misrepresentation as to character of business. 974 Substitution of products. 97.5 Misuse of word “free.” 97.6 Imitation of trade-marks, etc. 97.7 False invoiclng. 97.8 False and misleading price quotations. 97.9 Inducing breach of contract. 97.10 Enticing away employees of competi- tors. 97.11 Defamation of competitors or dispar- agement of their products. 97.12 Unfair threats of infringement suits. 97.18 Procurement of competitors’ confi- dential informatlon by unfair means and wrongful use thereof. 97.14 Commercial bribery. 97.15 Coercing purchase of one product as a prerequisite to the purchase of other products. 97.16 Consignment shipping. 97.17 Selling below cost. 97.16 Unlawful interference. 97.19 Discrimination (Robinson-Patman). 97.20 Aiding or abetting use of unfair trade practices, eet Page 1082 Title 16—Commercial Practices § 97.1 Misbranding. The false or de- ceptive marking or branding of prod- ucts of the industry with respect to the grade, quality, quantity, use, size, ma- terial, content, substance, origin, prep- aration, manufacture or distribution of such products, or in any other material respect, is an unfair trade practice.*} *§§ 97.1 to 97.20, inclusive, (with the ex- ception noted in the text,) issued under the authority contained in Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended by sec. 8, 52 Stat. 112; 15 U.S.C., Sup., 45. tIn §§ 97.1 to 97.20, inclusive, the numbers to the right of the decimal point correspond with the respective rule numbers in Trade Practice Rules, Marking Devices Industry, Federal Trade Commission, Aug. 19, 1989; 4 FR. 3670. § 97.2 Misrepresentation of industry products. It is an unfair trade practice to make or publish, or cause to be made or published, directly or indi- rectly, any false, misleading or deceptive statement or representation, by way of advertisement or otherwise, concerning the grade, quality, quantity, use, size, ma- terial, content, substance, origin, prep- aration, manufacture or distribution of any product of the industry, or in any other material respect.*+ § 97.3 Misrepresentation as to char- acter of business. For any person, firm or corporation to hold himself or itself out to the public as a manufac- turer or wholesaler when such is not the fact, or in any other manner to mis- represent the character, extent or type of his or its business, is an unfair trade practice.*+ § 97.4 Substitution of products. The practice of shipping or delivering prod- ucts which do not conform to samples submitted, to specifications upon which the sale is consummated, or to repre- sentations made prior to securing the order, without the consent of the pur- chasers to such substitutions and with the tendency, capacity or effect of mis- leading or deceiving purchasers, prospec- tive purchasers or the consuming public, is an unfair trade practice.*+ §97.5 Misuse of word “free.” The use of the word “free,” or the equivalent thereof, where not properly or fairly qualified when the article is in fact not free, with the tendency or capacity to mislead or deceive purchasers, prospec- tFor statutory and source citations, see note to § 20.1. *+For statutory and source citations, see note to § 977.1.