unfair competition law

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• unfair competition — un·fair com·pe·ti·tion n: the common law tort of passing off one s goods as another s; broadly: any of various torts (as disparagement) that interfere with the business prospects of a competitor or injure consumers Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of …   Law dictionary

• Unfair competition — in commercial law can refer to any of various distinct areas of law which may give rise to distinct criminal offences and civil causes of action:* Matters pertaining to antitrust law, known in the European Union as competition law. * Unfair… …   Wikipedia

• Competition law in the United Kingdom — United Kingdom competition law is affected by both British and European elements. The Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 are the most important statutes for cases with a purely national dimension. However if the effect of a business …   Wikipedia

• unfair competition — noun 1. a. : business competition effected by an act that is deceptive and in effect a fraud on the public or that otherwise violates the legal or equitable rights of a competitor or the public b. : an improper or inequitable obtaining by one… …   Useful english dictionary

• United Kingdom competition law — Competition law by country G 20 major economies Australia · Canada · China Japan · Russia · United Kingdom United States · European Union …   Wikipedia

• competition — I noun attempt to equal, bout, challenge, combat, conflict, contentio, contest, corrivalry, encounter, engagement, open contest, opposition, outrivalry, pitting of strength, pitting of wits, race, rivalry, scramble, strife, striving for… …   Law dictionary

• unfair — I adjective biased, fraudulent, inequitable, iniquitous, jaundiced, not equitable, one sided, prejudiced, unequal, uneven, unjust, unprincipled, unreasonable, unsporting, weighted associated concepts: unfair advantage, unfair claim practices,… …   Law dictionary

• unfair competition — noun In commercial law, any of various distinct areas of law which may give rise to criminal offenses and civil causes of action, usually including antitrust violations such as restraint of trade and predatory pricing, trademark infringement,… …   Wiktionary

• European Community competition law — is one of the areas of authority of the European Union. Competition law, or antitrust as it is known in the United States, regulates the exercise of market power by large companies, governments or other economic entities. In the EU, it is an… …   Wikipedia

• History of competition law — The history of competition law refers to attempts by governments to regulate competitive markets for goods and services, leading up to the modern competition or antitrust laws around the world today. The earliest records traces back to the… …   Wikipedia

• Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law — The Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (German: Max Planck Institut für Immaterialgüter und Wettbewerbsrecht) is a Munich, Germany, based institute, part of the research institutions of th …   Wikipedia