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Konkurencja i konsument · 9.07.1996

Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act

On October 30, 1992. Teijin Limited (``Teijin'') filed an application with the Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'') requesting the establishment of a new generic fiber name and definition. The application was filed pursuant to Rule 8 of the Rules and Regulations Under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (the ``Textile Act''--15 U.S.C. 70; implementing regulations at 16 CFR part 303). The application maintains that its new fiber, ``manufactured from poly tetramethylene ether/poly butylene glycol terephthalate copolymer,'' has a unique chemical composition and distinctive physical characteristics such that it cannot be identified by any of the generic names already established by the Commission in Rule 7 (16 CFR 303.7). The application also states that Teijin intends to market the fiber commercially, and subsequent information from the applicant states that the fiber is now being used in the U.S. Teijin recommends that the new fiber be given one of the following generic names, in descending order of preference: (1) ``Polyetherester,'' (2) ``Elastoester,'' or (3) ``Estelast.'' The Teijin application includes a proposed definition for the new fiber. The Commission now so

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