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11unfair trade practice — noun : a trade practice declared by a federal trade commission to be an unfair method of competition pursuant to power given it by a legislative act designed to curb dishonesty, misrepresentation, and unethical and monopolistic business practices …
12History of competition law — The history of competition law refers to attempts by governments to regulate competitive markets for goods and services, leading up to the modern competition or antitrust laws around the world today. The earliest records traces back to the… …
13Lanham Act — The federal statute that governs trademarks, service marks, and unfair competition. The Lanham Act covers matters that include the procedures for federally registering trademarks, when owners of trademarks may be entitled to federal judicial… …
14Federal Trade Commission Act — a US statute that controls unfair competition and established an administrative agency, the Federal Trade Commission. While the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act are essentially criminal provisions, this provision allows for cease and desist orders …
15National Industrial Recovery Act — Front page of the National Industrial Recovery Act, as signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), officially known as the Act of June 16, 1933 (Ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, formerly codified… …
16Lanham Trademark Act — (Lanham Act) USA Lanham Trademark Act (Lanham Act), Also known as the Trademark Act of 1946. The federal statute governing trademark law, including registration (with the …
17Trademark Act of 1946 — Lanham Trademark Act (Lanham Act) USA Lanham Trademark Act (Lanham Act), Also known as the Trademark Act of 1946. The federal statute governing trademark law, incl …
18Sherman Antitrust Act — an act of Congress (1890) prohibiting any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests in restraint of foreign or interstate trade. Cf. Clayton Antitrust Act. [named after John SHERMAN, who introduced the bill in Congress] * * *… …
19Online Privacy Protection Act — The California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (OPPA)[1], effective as of July 1, 2004, is a California State Law. According to this law, operators of commercial websites that collect personally identifiable information from California s… …
20Federal Trademark Dilution Act — The Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 is a United States federal law which protects famous trademarks from uses that dilute their distinctiveness, even in the absence of any likelihood of confusion or competition. It went into effect on… …
