In November 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Samsung Electronics America for allegedly deceptively advertising Smart TVs as having the capability to access the YouTube app directly from the televisions when, according to the complaint, the YouTube app stopped functioning on Smart TVs that send content and communicate with televisions using an older, flash-based application programming interface (API). (According to the complaint, Smart TVs with the newer HTML5 system still provide access to the YouTube app.) (Baird et al v. Samsung Electronics America, Case No. 17-cv-6407, N. D. CA.)
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Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “Mini LED” televisions that deliver “3X brighter highlights,” “2X deeper blacks” and “exceptional brightness and contrast” when they do not contain Mini LED technology and…
Allegations: Marketing products as reliable when their ice makers and dispensers become unusable due to a defect
Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts off of artificially inflated regular prices and as available for a limited time
Allegations: Failing to disclose that oven knobs can be activated by accidental contact due to a defect
Allegations: Misrepresenting that the website does not collect data from visitors who disable tracking cookies or disclose their data to third parties
Allegations: Falsely marketing that televisions have features that they do not have
Allegations: Failing to disclose that appliances emit pollutants that are harmful to people
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that smartphones of 128 GB of storage
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing the smartphone as durable
Allegations: Representing that it safeguards consumers’ personal data when such claims are not true
Allegations: Falsely marketing that the refresh rate (also known as the “Motion Rate”) of televisions is 120 Hz when the actual refresh rate is 60 Hz
Allegations: Misleading water-resistant claims
Allegations: Misleadingly marketing devices as having “supreme flexibility” when they don’t work as advertised
Allegations: Falsely marketing appliances as “fingerprint resistant” and failing to disclose that “black stainless steel” is actually regular stainless steel with a black coating that flakes and peels off
Allegations: Falsely representing the speed and storage capacity of Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphones
Allegations: Misleadingly advertising the black stainless steel finish on appliances as durable when the finish is a thin plastic coating that is prone to peel, chip and flake
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