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What laws and regulations are violated by impersonating other company names?

1. What laws and regulations are violated by fraudulently using other company names?

1. In civil matters, infringement of legal person’s name rights.

"General Principles of the Civil Law"

Article 99: Citizens enjoy the right of name and have the right to decide, use and change their names in accordance with regulations, and others are prohibited from interfering, misappropriating or counterfeiting.

Legal persons, individual industrial and commercial households, and individual partnerships enjoy the right to name. Corporate legal persons, individual industrial and commercial households, and individual partnerships have the right to use and transfer their names in accordance with the law.

Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the "General Principles of Civil Law":

162. If someone misappropriates or impersonates another person's name or title and causes damage, it shall be deemed as an infringement of the right of name or designation.

172. If a citizen's right to name, portrait, reputation, or honor, or a legal person's right to name, reputation, or honor is infringed upon, and a citizen or legal person demands compensation, the people may, based on the degree of fault of the infringer, the specific circumstances and consequences of the infringement, and influence to determine liability.

173. If an infringer infringes upon another person's right to name, title, portrait, reputation, or honor, in addition to compensating the victim's losses in accordance with the law, the infringer may confiscate his or her illegal gains.

2. In criminal terms, it may be suspected of contract crimes.

"Criminal Law":

Article 224: Under one of the following circumstances, for the purpose of illegal possession, during the process of signing and performing a contract, defrauding the other party of property, If the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to not more than three years or criminal detention, and concurrently or solely with a fine; if the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to not less than three years and not more than ten years, and also fined; if the amount is particularly huge or there are other particularly serious circumstances , shall be punished with a sentence of not less than ten years or more, and shall also be fined or have property confiscated:

(1) Signing a contract with a fictitious unit or in the name of another person;

(2) Forging, Altered or invalid bills or other false property rights certificates are used as guarantees;

(3) Without the actual ability to perform, the other party is tricked into continuing to sign a contract by first performing a small amount contract or partially performing the contract. Performing a contract;

(4) Accepting goods, payments, advances or guaranteed property from the other party and then escaping;

(5) Defrauding the other party of property by other means .

2. What laws have been violated by impersonating the name of another company?

Violating many laws and regulations ("General Principles of the People's Republic of China and Civil Law" and "Anti-Unfair Competition Law" "Product Quality Law", "Enterprise Name Registration Management Regulations", "Trademark Law", etc.), but after the conflict of laws and regulations, the final punishment shall be in accordance with Article 53 of the "Product Quality Law", "Those who forge the origin of products, forge or impersonate others If the factory name or address is changed, or if the quality mark such as certification mark is forged or used falsely, it shall be ordered to make corrections, the illegally produced and sold products shall be confiscated, and a fine equal to the value of the illegally produced and sold products shall be imposed; if there is any illegal income, the Illegal gains shall be confiscated; if the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked.”

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3. What laws and regulations are violated by falsely using other company names?

1. In civil matters, infringement of

"General Principles of Civil Law"

Article 99: Citizens enjoy the right of name and have the right to decide, use and name. It is prohibited to Interference, misappropriation or counterfeiting by others.

Legal persons and individuals have the right to name. Enterprise legal persons, individual industrial and commercial households, and individual partnerships have the right to do so

Opinions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Implementation of the "General Principles of the Civil Law":

162. The act of misappropriating or counterfeiting another person’s name, title, or title rights.

172. If a citizen's right to name or a legal person's right to name, reputation, or honor is infringed upon, the people may determine liability for compensation based on the degree of fault of the infringer and the specific circumstances, consequences, and impact of the infringement.

173. In addition to the loss of the name, title, portrait, reputation, and honor rights of others, their illegal gains may be confiscated.

2. In criminal terms, it may be suspected of contract

"Criminal Law":

Article 224: In any of the following circumstances, illegal possession For the purpose of defrauding the other party of property during the signing and performance of a contract, and the amount is relatively large, he shall be sentenced to not more than three years or criminal detention, and may also be fined; ; If the amount is particularly serious, the sentence shall be ten years in prison and a fine or confiscation of property:

(1) Signing a contract with a fictitious unit or in the name of another person;

( 2) Using forged, altered, invalidated bills or other false property rights certificates as security;

(3) Having no actual ability to perform, performing a small-amount contract in advance or partially deceiving the other party to continue signing the contract. Performing a contract;

(4) Escape after receiving payment, advance payment or guaranteed property;

(5) Defrauding the other party of property by other means.

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