[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR24.3]

[Page 155-156]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 24_GUIDES FOR SELECT LEATHER AND IMITATION LEATHER PRODUCTS
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 24.3  Misuse of the terms ``waterproof,'' ``dustproof,'' 
``warpproof,'' ``scuffproof,'' ``scratchproof,'' ``scuff resistant,'' 
and ``scratch resistant.''

    It is unfair or deceptive to:
    (a) Use the term ``Waterproof'' to describe all or part of an 
industry product unless the designated product or material prevents 
water from contact with its contents under normal conditions of intended 
use during the anticipated life of the product or material.
    (b) Use the term ``Dustproof'' to describe an industry product 
unless the product is so constructed that when it is closed dust cannot 
enter it.
    (c) Use the term ``Warpproof'' to describe all or part of an 
industry product unless the designated product or part is such that it 
cannot warp.
    (d) Use the term ``Scuffproof,'' ``Scratchproof,'' or other terms 
indicating that the product is not subject to wear in any other respect, 
to describe an industry product unless the outside surface of the 
product is immune to scratches or scuff marks, or is not subject to wear 
as represented.
    (e) Use the term ``Scuff Resistant,'' ``Scratch Resistant,'' or 
other terms

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indicating that the product is resistant to wear in any other respect, 
unless there is a basis for the representation and the outside surface 
of the product is meaningfully and significantly resistant to scuffing, 
scratches, or to wear as represented.

                         PARTS 25-227 [RESERVED]