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title: In Your Face- Connecticut District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Coppertone FACE Sunscreen
date: 2023-09-14T00:00:00-04:00
author: "hilary@usesharepoint.com"
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# In Your Face- Connecticut District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Coppertone FACE Sunscreen

 Kelley Drye 

 September 14, 2023 | 3 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [In Your Face- Connecticut District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Coppertone FACE Sunscreen](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/in-your-face-connecticut "In Your Face- Connecticut District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Coppertone FACE Sunscreen")

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A few months ago when sun-seeking consumers were eagerly anticipating the start of summer, we wrote about a consumer false advertising case involving Beiersdorf’s Coppertone sunscreen brand. In that case, plaintiff Tonya Akes, a consumer, sued Beiersdorf, Inc., maker of Coppertone sunscreen, alleging that Beiersdorf engaged in deception because it sold the SPF 50 Coppertone Sport Mineral Face sunscreen, which she alleges she believed was ​“specifically designed” for use on the face based on the front-of-pack claims, at twice the price as the regular Coppertone Sport Mineral sunscreen, despite the formulas being identical.

 

 

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