No. Court procedures are simplified to allow you to represent yourself. You may have an attorney only if the judge lets you. Also, the judge can decide how the attorney participates.
If you have questions, please call the Conciliation Court at (612) 348-6000.
Named Acts of Unfair Competition These are actions specifically defined in the Law, such as: -product imitation, -service imitation, -bribery, -hindering access to the market -unfair advertising.
Unfair Competition is a form of intellectual property protection relating to actions which cause economic injury to a business through deceptive or otherwise unfair acts. The purpose of unfair competition law is to protect consumers and competitors from deceptive or unethical conduct in commerce.
Generally, unfair competition consists of two elements: First, there is some sort of economic injury to a business, such as loss of sales or consumer goodwill. Second, this economic injury is the result of deceptive or otherwise wrongful business practice.
Unfair competition is conduct by a market participant which gains or seeks to gain an advantage over its rivals through misleading, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, coercive or unconscionable conduct in trade or commerce.
Intellectual property offences provide well-known examples of unfair competition – these include counterfeiting, trade secret misappropriation and design right infringement.
Common Examples of Unfair Competition False advertising. “ Bait and switch ” selling tactics. Unauthorized substitution of one brand of goods for another. Use of confidential information by former employee to solicit customers.
The "unfair-competition" argument might be cited by an American who believes that young industries should be protected against foreign competition until they become profitable. almost every country has a comparative advantage, relative to the United States, in producing almost all goods.