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UNFAIR COMPETITION [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Trade
DEF

Dishonest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce; especially, the practice of endeavoring to substitute one's own goods or products in the market for those of another by means of imitating or counterfeiting the name, brand, size, shape, or other distinctive characteristic of the article or its packaging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Commerce
DEF

Fait constitutif d'une faute résultant d'un usage excessif, par un concurrent, de la liberté de la concurrence, par emploi de tout procédé malhonnête dans la recherche de la clientèle, dans la compétition économique.

OBS

[Un exemple de concurrence déloyale peut être une] confusion volontairement créée entre deux marques, notamment, au moyen de la publicité, dénigrement.

OBS

concurrence déloyale : Terme employé dans la Loi sur les marques de commerce, L.R. (1985), chapitre T-13, article 7.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Prácticas restrictivas (Derecho)
  • Marcas de comercio (Derecho)
  • Comercio
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