The Criminal Liability for Unfair Competition in the Legislation of the Republic of Moldova Cover Image

Raspunderea penala pentru infractiunea de concurenta neloiala conform legii penale a Republicii Moldova
The Criminal Liability for Unfair Competition in the Legislation of the Republic of Moldova

Author(s): Vitalie Stati
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: unfair competition; economic agent comparison; discredit; commercial brand; advertisement

Summary/Abstract: In the framework of this article there are examined the commitment methods of the offence provided by art.2461 “Unfair competition” PC RM: creating, throughout any possible method, confusion with the opponent enterprise, with the outputs, the commercial or industrial activity of the competitor; the propagation, in the process of commercialization, of deceitful statements, meant to discredit the enterprise, the outputs or the enterprising activity of the competitor; the misleading of the consumer about the provenience, the producing, the quality, the usage capability or about the competitor outputs amount; the use of the enterprise brand or of the trade mark in such a manner in order to provoke confusion toward another enterpriser, the one that uses legally the same brand or trade mark; the comparison, following some publicity intention of the produced or traded outputs of one of the competitor with the another’s.

  • Issue Year: IV/2009
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 84-105
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: Romanian