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ARTICLE · 08 FEBRUARY 2019

FTC Seeks Public Comment On Leather Guides

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The Leather Guides apply to the marketing of products such as luggage, purses, footwear, and belts.

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The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on whether it should repeal, amend, or retain the FTC's Guides for Select Leather and Imitation Leather Products.  

First issued in 1996, the Leather Guides address misrepresentations about the composition and characteristics of specific leather and imitation letter products.  The Leather Guides apply to the marketing of products such as luggage, purses, footwear, and belts.  

The Leather Guides say that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product is leather when it isn't and to misrepresent the characteristics of leather and imitation leather products.  The Leather Guides also provide guidance on the use of terms such as "waterproof," "dustproof," "warpproof," "scuffproof," "scratchproof," "scuff resistant," and "scratch resistant."  

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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