Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues (Print ISSN: 1544-0036; Online ISSN: 1544-0044)

Abstract

The Legal System for Unfair Competition Lawsuit to Protect the Trade Name

Author(s): Linda Hamed Malkawi

This research aims at identifying the legal system for claiming unfair competition to protect the trade name, because it is known that the trader has ownership right over his trade name, whereby he can prevent others from using it in the same type of trade he practices, and the trader who attacked his trade name by any act of Acts of Unfair Competition To file a claim called “Unlawful Competition” to claim for damages. The success of this case requires the availability of several conditions, and if these conditions exist and the court proves that there is an actual attack on the trade name, which would cause confusion and confusion among customers, the court may decide what it deems appropriate. In order to initiate an unfair competition, there must be a competition, the competition must have been conducted in an illegal manner, and that would cause harm to others.

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