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Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act

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A quick definition of Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act:

The Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act is a law that helps protect people from businesses that lie or trick them. It covers things like using someone else's brand name, saying bad things about a competitor's product, or making false claims in advertising. The law makes it illegal for businesses to do these things and provides consequences for those who break the rules. Another similar law is the Baby FTC Act, which also stops businesses from being unfair or dishonest.

A more thorough explanation:

The Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act is a law created in 1964 that helps protect consumers from false advertising and other forms of commercial deception. It includes many common-law intellectual-property torts, such as trademark infringement, passing off, trade disparagement, and false advertising.

The Act provides a list of practices that are prohibited, all of which involve misrepresentation. For example, a company cannot make false claims about the benefits of their product or service, or use a logo or name that is similar to a competitor's to confuse customers.

Another example of a prohibited practice is bait-and-switch advertising, where a company advertises a product at a low price to attract customers, but then tries to sell them a more expensive product instead.

These examples illustrate how the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act helps protect consumers from dishonest business practices and ensures that companies are held accountable for their actions.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
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