Unfair Competition Definition

noun
Misrepresent-ing the reputation, name, or good will of a company or person as that of another; untrue or misleading advertising that causes a consumer to be misled; unethical business practices. Unfair competition is a tort and a fraud, for which legal remedy and redress may be sought.
Webster's New World Law

(law) 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, passing off or palming off, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

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Unfair Competition Sentence Examples

  • In fact, unfair competition is the goal of Clipper policy.

  • He had always admitted the onesidedness of the English free-trade system, and had supported the desirability of retaliating against unfair competition and "dumping" by foreign countries.

  • The indoor manufactures followed in British prisons are not so varied as the foregoing and have been limited by the protests and objections raised by free or outside labour against alleged unfair competition.

  • Farmers suffer too, exploited by supermarkets, overwhelmed by red tape and fighting unfair competition from abroad.

  • Three women have filed suit in Los Angeles, accusing TrimSpa and Anna Nicole Smith of "using deceptive business practices" to sell the product, a violation of California's unfair competition law.

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