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This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer Products marketer claims Amway disparaged Crest toothpaste by alleging it scratches teeth reinstated by New Orleans federal appeals court Feb. 14. Appellate panel says Houston federal judge erred in dismissing case without explaining P&G's Lanham Act claim for product disparagement after initially finding sufficient evidence for claim to go to jury. Appeals court also reinstates P&G's racketeering claims alleging Amway spread rumors that the consumer products giant is linked to Satanism. However, appellate judges conclude P&G does not have standing to bring Lanham Act claim based on Amway's purported misrepresentations to its own distributors and affirm the dismissal of P&G's racketeering claim regarding an alleged Amway pyramid scheme
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