CHAPTER I-FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (Continued) (Part 150 to End) SUBCHAPTER B-TRADE PRACTICE CONFERENCE RULES (continued) Part 150 152 154 155 157 Subscription and mail order book publishing industry. Hosiery industry. Luggage and related products industry. Rayon and silk dyeing, printing, and finishing industry. 158 Musical instrument and accessories industry. 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 179 Piston ring industry. Construction equipment distributing industry. Wholesale confectionery industry (Philadelphia trade area). Masonry waterproofing industry. Trade practice rules respecting the terms "waterproof," "shockproof," "nonmagnetic," and related designations, as applied to watches, watchcases, and watch movements. Household fabric dye industry. Vertical turbine pump industry. Doll and stuffed toy industry. Watch case industry. Office machine marketing industry. Wholesale confectionery industry. Hand knitting yarn industry. Trade pamphlet binding industry of the New York City trade area. 180 Rayon, nylon and silk converting industry. 218 219 220 Portrait photographic industry. Millinery industry. Cedar chest manufacturing industry. Photoengraving industry of the Southeastern States (Virginia, North Waterproof paper industry (asphaltic type). Library binding industry. 221 Cosmetic and toilet preparations industry. 222 Chemical soil conditioner industry. 223 224 225 Orthopedic appliance industry. Fire extinguishing appliance industry. Tobacco smoking pipe, and cigar and cigarette holder industry. 226 Fountain pen and mechanical pencil industry. 227 228 229 230 231 Wholesale plumbing and heating industry. Tire advertising and labeling guides. Gudies for advertising fallout shelters. Guides for shoe content labeling and advertising. 232 Guides for advertising radiation monitoring instruments. Part 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 242 244 245 Guides against deceptive pricing. Guides for the mail order insurance industry. Guides against deceptive labeling and advertising of adhesive composition. Guides against bait advertising. Guides against deceptive advertising of guarantees. Guides for advertising allowances and other merchandising payments and services; compliance with sections 2(d) and 2(e) of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act. Guide against deceptive use of the word "free" in connection with the sale Guides for the Greeting Card Industry relating to discriminatory practices. 248 Guides for the Beauty and Barber Equipment and Supplies Industry. SUBCHAPTER C-REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS 300 Rules and regulations under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939. 301 Rules and regulations under Fur Products Labeling Act. 302 303 310 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 408 410 412 413 414 Rules and regulations under Flammable Fabrics Act. Rules and regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. Quantity limit rules under section 2 (a) of the Clayton Act as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act. SUBCHAPTER D-TRADE REGULATION RULES Advertising and labeling as to size of sleeping bags. Misuse of "automatic" or terms of similar import as descriptive of household electric sewing machines. Deception as to nonprismatic and partially prismatic instruments being prismatic binoculars. Deceptive use of "leakproof," "guaranteed leakproof," etc., as descriptive of dry cell batteries. Deceptive advertising and labeling as to size of tablecloths and related Misbranding and deception as to leather content of waist belts. Unfair or deceptive advertising and labeling of cigarettes in relation to the Deceptive advertising as to sizes of viewable pictures shown by television receiving sets. Discriminatory practices in men's and boy's tailored clothing industry. Failure to disclose that skin irritation may result from washing or handling glass fiber curtains and draperies and glass fiber curtain and drapery fabrics. Deception as to transistor count of radio receiving sets, including transceivers. SUBCHAPTER 500 E-RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENT OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION AND EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING ACT Regulations under section 4 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. 503 Statements of General Policy or Interpretation. CROSS REFERENCES: Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture: 7 CFR Chapter III; 9 CFR Chapter I. Commodity Exchange Authority, Department of Agriculture: 17 CFR Chapter I. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: 21 CFR Chapter I. Securities and Exchange Commission: 17 CFR Chapter II. SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLICATIONS: Federal Trade Commission decisions, Volumes 1-52. Index digest of volumes, 1, 2, and 3 of decisions of the Federal Trade Commission with annotation of Federal cases. Mar. 16, 1915-June 30, 1921. Statutes and decisions pertaining to the Federal Trade Commission. 1914-1929, 1930-1938, 1939-1943, 1944-1948, 1949–1955. SUBCHAPTER B-GUIDES AND TRADE PRACTICE RULES (Cont'd) origin, preparation, manufacture, or date of publication or copyright of any book, or the current or up-to-date character thereof, or concerning the grade, quality, material, substance, size, manufacture, or value of the binding thereof or the lettering thereon, or concerning any service offered in connection therewith, or in any other material respect. § 150.2 Misrepresentation of books as being free. In the sale or offering for sale of books, it is an unfair trade practice to represent, through advertising or otherwise, that such books are given free and that payments required in connection therewith are for supplements thereto or for extension, revision, continuation, yearbook, or other similar services, or for services to be rendered by a research or other bureau, when such is not the fact; or that a certain number of books have been reserved to be given away free of cost to selected persons as a means of advertising, or that a certain number of persons in a community have been designated to receive a book or books or any form of service free of cost, when such is not the fact. § 150.3 Use of deceptive name or title. In the sale or offering for sale of books, it is an unfair trade practice: (a) To pass off one book for another by use of the same or a deceptively similar name or title; or (b) To use a name or title different from that under which such book or substantially the same text or content material is being or has previously been published and offered for sale in any form, with the capacity and tendency or effect of misleading or deceiving purchasers or prospective purchasers by reason of the use of such name or title or by reason of the failure to make proper disclosure of such other name or title; or (c) To represent, in advertising or otherwise, by the use of an edition title such as "Teachers' Edition," "Doctors' Edition," "Lawyers' Edition," or "School Edition," or by other means, that the contents of a book or edition have been especially adapted for the use of a certain profession or class of persons, when such is not the fact; or (d) To use any name or title which has the capacity and tendency or effect of misleading or deceiving purchasers or prospective purchasers with respect to the purpose, use, contents, or scope of such book, or in any other material respect. § 150.4 Deceptive use of names, initials, or signature in connection with articles brought forward from earlier edition. In respect to articles or textual material brought forward from a former edition, it is an unfair trade practice: (a) To use in connection therewith any name, initials, or signature in such a manner as to have the capacity and tendency or effect of misleading or deceiving purchasers or prospective purchasers into the belief: (1) That the name, initials, or signature so used is that of the actual author of the article or textual material, when such is not the fact; or (2) That the article or material is new, when such is not true in fact; or (3) That the article or material has been revised, when no substantial revision has been made; or (4) That the article or material or any substantial part thereof has not previously been published or used in any former editions, or otherwise, when such is not true in fact; or (b) To mislead or deceive in any other respect. § 150.5 Deceptive use of copyright renewal date. It is an unfair trade practice to set forth the date of any copyright renewal in such manner, whether by omission of other copyright dates or otherwise, as to have the capacity and tendency or effect of misleading or deceiving purchasers or prospective purchasers into the belief that such renewal date is the date of original copyright or publication, or of otherwise misleading or deceiving purchasers or prospective purchasers with respect thereto. NOTE: When other applicable copyright dates are properly set out and no deception, direct or indirect, is involved in the omission of a copyright date prior to 1909, such copyright date prior to 1909 need not be shown under this section. § 105.6 Misrepresentation as to editor, contributing editor, etc. It is an unfair trade practice to represent, by means of any listing, advertisement, or in any other manner, that any person is a contributor to, or contributing or other editor of, a book, when such is not true in fact, or to make any false, misleading, or deceptive representation |