The FTC has issued a Notice that it has determined that certain acts or practices used in the advertising or marketing of idea or invention promotion or development services are deceptive or unfair, and violate the FTC Act.
Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Idea or Invention Promotion and Marketing Practices (1980).
Transcript of Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Idea or Invention Promotion and Marketing Practice (created 2022).
The FTC administrative decisions establishing penalty offenses regarding the advertising or marketing of idea or invention promotion or development services:
- Nat’l Dynamics Corp., 82 F.T.C. 488 (1973), as modified, 85 F.T.C. 1052 (1975).
- Universal Credit Acceptance Corp., 82 F.T.C. 570 (1973).
- Universal Electronics Corp., 78 F.T.C. 265 (1971).
- Windsor Distrib. Co., 77 F.T.C. 204 (1970).
- Gadget-Of-The-Month Club, Inc., et al., 63 F.T.C. 1138 (1963).
- Waltham Watch Co., 60 F.T.C. 1692, (1962).
- Exposition Press, Inc., 57 F.T.C. 1477 (1960).
- Washington Mushroom Indus., Inc., 53 F.T.C. 368 (1956).
- Von Schrader Mfg. Co., 33 F.T.C. 58 (1941).
About Notices of Penalty Offenses
A Notice of Penalty Offenses is a document listing certain types of conduct that the FTC has determined, in one or more litigated administrative cases, to be unfair or deceptive in violation of the FTC Act.
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