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Duracell Batteries with the Duralock Ring

Class Action

Duracell Batteries with the Duralock Ring

In March 2016, a federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed against Gillette and Procter & Gamble alleging that the marketing for Duracell AA and AAA Copper Top batteries with the Duralock ring is misleading.

Among other things, the complaint, which was originally filed in November 2014, alleged that various marketing materials – including the product packaging, as well as television and radio commercials – misleadingly represent that the Duralock ring batteries are guaranteed for 10 years while in storage, without adequately disclosing that the batteries may leak when stored or used in an expected way and can damage devices.

The judge dismissed the false advertising claims finding, among other things, that reasonable consumers would not interpret the Duralock guarantee to be a promise that the batteries have “no potential to leak for ten years in storage.” The judge dismissed the false advertising claims When a complaint is dismissed with prejudice, it cannot be refiled..

(Punian et al v. The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company, Case No. 14-cv-5028, N. D. CA.)

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