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TN Code § 47-25-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 1 - Trusts—unlawful Restraint of Trade and Discrimination|§ 47-25-109. Giving Away or Underpricing Goods Prohibited — Samples Excepted

  It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing in this or any other state to give away or sell for a less price than the cost of manufacture, any manufactured article in this state, with the intent and purpose of destroying honest competition; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the distribution to consumers of specimens of proprietary articles in good faith as samples.   Any person violating this section commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 47-25-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 1 - Trusts—unlawful Restraint of Trade and Discrimination|§ 47-25-110. Agricultural Cooperatives — Monopolization or Restraint of Trade

  If the commissioner of agriculture has reason to believe that any cooperative marketing association, organized or doing business in this state, under title 43, chapter 18, monopolizes or restrains trade to such an extent that the price of any agricultural product is unduly enhanced by reason thereof, the commissioner shall serve upon such association a complaint stating the charge in that respect, to which complaint shall be attached, or contained therein, a notice of hearing, specifying a day and place not less than thirty (30) days after the service thereof, requiring the association to show cause why an order should not be made directing the association to cease and desist from monopolization or restraint of trade.   An association so complained of may, at the time and place so fixed, show cause why such order should not be entered.   The evidence given on such a hearing shall be taken under such rules and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe, reduced to writing, and made a part of the record.   If, upon such hearing, the commissioner is of the opinion that such association monopolizes or restrains trade to such an extent that the price of any agricultural product is unduly enhanced thereby, the commissioner shall issue and cause to be served upon the association an order reciting the facts found by the commissioner, directing such association to cease and desist from monopolization or restraint of trade.   If such association fails or refuses or neglects to obey such order, the attorney general and reporter shall then proceed to take appropriate action against the association so offending, in a court of competent jurisdiction. Such court may, upon the conclusion of the hearing, enforce its decree by injunction or other appropriate remedy, but no injunction or extraordinary process shall issue until such association fails or refuses to comply with the terms and provisions of the warning order of the commissioner.
TN Code § 47-25-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 1 - Trusts—unlawful Restraint of Trade and Discrimination|§ 47-25-111. Coal — Agreement to Restrict Output

 Any person who, directly or indirectly, enters into a conspiracy or agreement with intent to limit the output of coal in this state, for the purpose of raising the price to the consumer, or to any intermediate dealer, or who enters into any conspiracy or agreement, directly or indirectly, of any nature whatsoever to so raise the price of coal to the consumer or to any intermediate dealer, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 47-25-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 1 - Trusts—unlawful Restraint of Trade and Discrimination|§ 47-25-112. News Services, Etc. — Discrimination Prohibited

  It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or any association or combination of corporations, firms, or persons, engaged in the business of buying, gathering, or accumulating information or news, or vending, supplying, distributing, or publishing information or news, to refuse to vend, supply, distribute, or publish such information or news to any person, firm, or corporation, conducting a newspaper in this state, offering to pay for the information or news, or to make discrimination in any manner between persons, firms, or corporations conducting newspapers in this state in the vending, supplying, distributing or publishing of such information or news.   It is unlawful for any agent or employee in this state of a person, firm, or corporation, or association or combination of corporations, firms, or persons engaged in the business of gathering, accumulating, vending, supplying, and distributing news or information, to assist in the carrying on or conducting of such business when such person, firm, or corporation, or association of such persons, firms, or corporations, have refused to furnish news or information without discrimination in price, method of supply, or otherwise to any person, firm, or corporation conducting a newspaper in this state and desiring to be supplied with such information or news.   Any person, firm, or corporation violating this section, or aiding or abetting in the violation of this section, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.
TN Code § 47-25-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 2 - Unfair Sales Law|§ 47-25-201. Short Title

 This part may be cited as the “Unfair Sales Law.”
TN Code § 47-25-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 2 - Unfair Sales Law|§ 47-25-203. Legislative Policy

 It is declared that advertising, offers to sell, or sales by retailers or wholesalers at less than cost, as defined in this part, with the intent or effect of inducing the purchase of other merchandise or of unfairly diverting trade from a competitor or otherwise injuring a competitor, impair and prevent fair competition, injure public welfare, and are unfair competition and contrary to public policy, where the result of such advertising, offers, or sales is to tend to deceive or mislead any purchaser or prospective purchaser or to substantially lessen competition or unreasonably restrain trade or to tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce. It is further declared that such advertising, offers, or sales by any retailer or wholesaler with such intent or effect or result are in contravention of the policy of this part.
TN Code § 47-25-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 2 - Unfair Sales Law|§ 47-25-204. Exemptions

 This part does not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made:   In an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business;   Where merchandise is sold in bona fide clearance sales, if advertised, marked and sold as such;   Where highly perishable merchandise must be promptly sold in order to forestall loss;   Of imperfect or actually damaged merchandise, or merchandise which is being discontinued, if advertised, marked, and sold as such;   Of merchandise sold upon the complete final liquidation of any business;   Of merchandise sold for charitable purposes or to unemployment relief agencies;   Of merchandise sold on contract to departments of government and governmental institutions;   In meeting the legal price of a competitor on merchandise which is the same as to comparable competitive factors, such as weight, quantity, quality, pack, brand, or packaging; or   By any officer acting under the order or direction of any court.
TN Code § 47-25-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 2 - Unfair Sales Law|§ 47-25-205. Sales Below Cost — Penalties — Evidence

  Any retailer who, in contravention of the policy of this part, advertises, offers to sell, or sells at retail any merchandise at less than cost to the retailer, as defined in this part, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Any wholesaler who, in contravention of the policy of this part, advertises, offers to sell, or sells at wholesale any merchandise at less than cost to the wholesaler, as defined in this part, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Proof of any such advertising, offer to sell, or sale by any retailer or wholesaler in contravention of the policy of this part shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this part.
TN Code § 47-25-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 2 - Unfair Sales Law|§ 47-25-206. Injunction Restraining Unlawful Sales

 In addition to the penalties provided in this part, the district attorney general of any county or any person damaged, or who is threatened with loss or damage, by reason of a violation of this part, has the right to apply for an injunction, and any court of competent jurisdiction has the power to restrain sales in violation of this part.
TN Code § 47-25-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-301. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Unfair Retailer's Cigarette Sales Law.”
TN Code § 47-25-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-302. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Basic cost of cigarettes” means the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer or the replacement cost of cigarettes to the retailer within thirty (30) days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower, absent any cash or other discounts and/or concessions of any kind, to which shall be added the full face value of any stamps which may be required by any cigarette tax law of this state now in effect or hereafter enacted, and any other taxes or fees imposed by title 67, chapter 4, part 10, if not already included by the manufacturer in this list price;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of revenue;   “Cost of doing business by the retailer” is:  Eight percent (8%) of the basic cost of cigarettes to the retailer until June 30, 2015;   Eleven percent (11%) of the basic cost of cigarettes to the retailer beginning July 1, 2015, until June 30, 2016;   Thirteen percent (13%) of the basic cost of cigarettes to the retailer beginning July 1, 2016, until June 30, 2017; and   Fifteen percent (15%) of the basic cost of cigarettes to the retailer beginning July 1, 2017, and thereafter;     “Cost to the retailer” means the “basic cost of cigarettes” to the retailer plus the “cost of doing business by the retailer;”   “Retailer” has the same meaning ascribed to the words “retail dealer” in § 67-4-1001;   “Sell at retail,” “sales at retail” or “retail sales” means and includes any transfer of title to tangible personal property for a valuable consideration made in the ordinary course of trade or usual prosecution of the seller's business, to the purchaser for consumption or use; and   “Tobacco distributor” or “person” has the same meaning as ascribed in § 67-4-1001.
TN Code § 47-25-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-303. Sales Below Cost — Evidence — Enforcement by Department of Revenue

  It is a Class C misdemeanor for any retailer, with intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition, to advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail, cigarettes at less than cost to the retailer.   Evidence of advertisement, offering to sell or sale of cigarettes by any retailer at less than cost to the retailer shall be prima facie evidence of both a violation of the Unfair Retailer's Cigarette Sales Law, compiled in this part, and of intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition.   It is the intention of the general assembly that this part be enforced by the department of revenue.
TN Code § 47-25-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-304. Liability of Officers or Agents

 Any individual who, as a director, officer, partner, member, or agent of any person violating this part, assists or aids, directly or indirectly, in such violation, equally with the person for whom such individual acts, commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 47-25-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-305. Contracts in Violation of Part Void

 Any contract, express or implied, made by any person, firm, or corporation in violation of any of the provisions of this part is declared to be an illegal and void contract and no recovery thereon shall be had.
TN Code § 47-25-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-306. Injunction — Damages

   Any person injured by any violation of this part, or any trade association which is representative of such a person, may maintain an action in any court of equitable jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation.   If, in such action, a violation of this part shall be established, the court shall enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit such violation and, in addition thereto, shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant the costs of the suit.   In such action, it shall not be necessary that actual damages to the plaintiff be alleged or proved, but where alleged and proved, the plaintiff in the action, in addition to such injunctive relief and costs of suit, shall be entitled to recover from the defendant the amount of actual damages sustained by the plaintiff.     In the event no injunctive relief is sought or required, any person injured by a violation of this part may maintain an action for damages alone in any court of general jurisdiction, and the measure of damages in such action shall be the same as prescribed in subsection (a).
TN Code § 47-25-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-307. Combined Sales, Coupon Offers, Etc

 In all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving two (2) or more items, at least one (1) of which items is cigarettes, at a combined price, and in all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales involving the giving of any concession of any kind whatsoever (whether coupons or otherwise), the retailer's selling price shall not be below the cost to the retailer of all articles, products, commodities, and concessions included in such transactions.
TN Code § 47-25-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-308. Enforcement — Penalties — Hearings

  The department of revenue, through the commissioner, shall administer and enforce this part.    For an initial violation or noncompliance with any provision of this part by a retail dealer, a penalty shall be imposed not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250);   For any second violation or noncompliance with any provision of this part by any person who has previously been found in violation of subdivision (b)(1), a penalty shall be imposed not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500); and   For any subsequent violation or violations or noncompliance with any provision of this part, by any person who has previously been found in violation of subdivision (b)(2), a penalty shall be imposed not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).     Any person whose license is revoked or suspended under this section, and who continues to engage in the unauthorized sale, distribution or handling of cigarettes in this state, either directly or through any agent or third party acting on behalf of such person, shall be charged with an additional violation of this part and shall also be in violation of § 67-4-1015.   Any person who is adversely affected by a decision of the commissioner may petition the department of revenue for a hearing pursuant to § 67-1-105, which will be held in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 3.   In enforcing this part, the commissioner shall consider the cost and effectiveness of administration and endeavor to administer this part in the most cost-efficient manner.
TN Code § 47-25-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-309. Exemptions

 This part does not apply to sales at retail made where cigarettes are:   Advertised, offered for sale, or sold in bona fide clearance sales for the purpose of discontinuing trade in such cigarettes and the advertising, offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason thereof and the quantity of such cigarettes advertised, offered for sale, or to be sold;   Advertised, offered for sale, or sold as imperfect or damaged and the advertising, offer to sell, or sale shall state the reason thereof and the quantity of such cigarettes advertised, offered for sale, or to be sold;   Sold upon the complete final liquidation of a business; or   Advertised, offered for sale, or sold by any fiduciary or other officer acting under the order or direction of any court.
TN Code § 47-25-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 3 - Unfair Cigarette Sales|§ 47-25-310. Participation by Retailer in Certain Special Programs

 Participation in a manufacturer's incentive program, discount price program or special price program shall not cause a retailer to be in violation of this part.
TN Code § 47-25-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-401. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Deceptive imitation” means any imitation calculated or likely to deceive purchasers exercising the care ordinarily exercised in buying;   “Drug” includes all preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of diseases of either humans or other animals;   “Misbranded” means a drug the container of which bears a counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of any trademark;   “Owner” means the person having the right to the use of a trademark. A subsisting certificate of registration under the laws of this state or of the United States shall constitute prima facie evidence of ownership;   “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association; and   “Trademark” includes any trade or identifying mark, term, design, device, label, slogan, dress, or other means by which the goods of any producer, manufacturer, packer, owner, or seller may be identified.
TN Code § 47-25-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-402. Liability of Employer for Acts of Employees

 In proceedings for the violation of this part, an act or omission of any individual acting for a partnership, corporation, or association, or the act or omission of an officer or employee of any partnership, corporation, or association within the scope of that person's office or employment, shall be deemed to be the act or omission of such partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of the individual.
TN Code § 47-25-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-403. Prohibited Acts

 It is unlawful for any person without the written authority of the owner of a trademark for a drug to do or be concerned in the doing of any of the following acts:   Making or causing to be made, selling, possessing, or using commercially any counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark or any package or label bearing or containing any such counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation;   Knowingly receiving, keeping or having in the person's possession or under the person's control, selling, offering for sale, or disposing of any drug bearing any counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark or in any package or under any label bearing any such counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation;   Making or causing to be made or knowingly possessing, selling, disposing of, delivering, or offering to deliver to any person a die, plate, block, stone, type-face, matrix, or other means of printing, lithographing, or otherwise making a counterfeit, copy, or deceptive imitation of such trademark; or   Knowingly misrepresenting orally or by advertisement or artifice the manufacture or origin or commercial sponsorship of any drug sold, offered, or exposed for sale.
TN Code § 47-25-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-404. Prosecution — Fees of Officers

 It is made the duty of the sheriff of any county of this state or health officers, peace officers, inspectors, or boards of pharmacy and other officers to assist and cooperate with the prosecuting attorney in the investigation of any violation of this part, including the procurement of evidence for the support of the prosecution, which may be instituted by the prosecuting attorney, and for such services the sheriff or other officer shall be allowed and paid the same fees for travel and sustenance as are usually allowed in other criminal proceedings.
TN Code § 47-25-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-405. Penalty

 Any person violating any of the provisions of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 47-25-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-406. Remedies Cumulative

 The remedies provided in this part are cumulative and not alternative.
TN Code § 47-25-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 25 - Trade Practices|Part 4 - Trademarks on Drugs|§ 47-25-407. Legal and Equitable Remedies Unimpaired

 Nothing in this part shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity which any party aggrieved by any wrongful use of any trademark might have had if this part had not been passed.