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Amending Title 9 ("Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions") of The Philadelphia Code to add a new chapter concerning protections for consumers against unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and providing remedies, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 9. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS
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CHAPTER 9-6200. CONSUMER PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
? 9-6201. Definitions.
(1) For purposes of this Chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Person. Natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or unincorporated associations, and any other legal entities.
(b) Statement. Any oral, written, digital, or electronic statement, visual description or other representation or omission of any kind made in connection with trade or commerce.
(c) Trade or Commerce. The advertising, offering for sale, lease, rental, or distribution, or the sale, lease, rental, or distribution of any services and any property, tangible or intangible, real, personal, or mixed, and any other article, commodity, or thing of value wherever situated.
(d) Unfair Methods of Competition or Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices. Any one or more of the following:
(i) Passing off goods or services as those of another;
(ii) Causing likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval or certification of goods or services;
(iii) Causing likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding as to affiliation, connection or association with, or certification by, another;
(iv) Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services;
(v) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits or quantities that ...
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