{"data":{"id":"us-il/815-ilcs-510-4","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"815 ILCS 510/4","heading":"","body":"This Act does not apply to:\n(1) conduct in compliance with the orders or rules of or a statute administered by a Federal, state or local governmental agency;\n(2) publishers, broadcasters, printers or other persons engaged in the dissemination of information or reproduction of printed or pictorial matter who publish, broadcast or reproduce material without knowledge of its deceptive character; or\n(3) actions or appeals pending on the effective date of this Act.\nSubsections (2) and (3) of Section 2 do not apply to the use of a service mark, trademark, certification mark, collective mark, trade name or other trade identification that was used and not abandoned before the effective date of this Act, if the use was in good faith and is otherwise lawful except for this Act.","path":["CHAPTER 815 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS","Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2357\u0026ChapterID=67\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:48Z","sha256":"411bd4ca809609e1941d69fb8f894d66663a5205e8b94fa6737b8063357ff233","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/815-ilcs-510-3","next":"us-il/815-ilcs-510-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}