· 7/29/1982
The Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston, Inc. v. Medical Directors, Inc. And Weight Reduction Medical Centers, Inc.,defendants-Appellants
Citations
- 681 F.2d 397
- 217 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 209
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 16989
How courts have described this case
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- noting congressional intent to allow false advertising suits by competitors “to stop the kind of unfair competition that consists of lying about goods or services”
- “The Act’s proscriptions against false representation reaches innuendo, indirect intimations, and ambiguous suggestions evidenced by the consuming public’s misapprehension of the hard facts underlining an advertisement”
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Judges: Johnson, Williams, Wisdom
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