New Jersey Statutes 51:4-1. Deception in sale of liquid fuels and oils prohibited; certain marks allowed
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:4-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, their agents and servants, shall store, expose or offer for sale, or sell, or aid or assist in the sale of, any liquid fuel, lubricating oil, or other similar products, so as to deceive, or tend to deceive any purchaser as to the nature, quality or identity thereof by false representation, or by substitution, mixing or adulteration, or by the use of false or fictitious names, or by the use of disguised, camouflaged or falsely labeled containers, tanks, pumps or other distributing equipment, or by imitating the design, symbol or trade name under which recognized brands of such products are generally marketed.
Any person may, however, in good faith adopt and use a trade name, or distinguishing mark, not deceitfully similar to one already in general use by any manufacturer of such products.