Puck maker and outdoor gear sellers will have to qualify
their claims
He Imports, He Scores!
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) recently took
aim at several companies for made-in-the-USA claims.
The first complaint, against one George Statler III, the
head of four New York-based companies doing business as Patriot
Puck, claims that the defendant made a series of false origin
claims in his advertising. The Commission claims that while Patriot
Puck deployed tag lines like “Proudly Made in the USA,”
“100% American Made!” and “The Only American Made
Hockey Puck!” the companies’ wares were wholly
manufactured outside the United States – in China, to be
specific.
The complaint alleges that Patriot imported more than 400,000
pucks from overseas during the past two years.
