Unfair Competition

Protect Your Business Against Unfair Competition with Dreyfus

In light of increasing unfair competition practices, especially in the digital economy, it’s crucial to safeguard your business. At Dreyfus, we leverage our expertise to protect our clients’ intangible assets against these abusive practices. This article details our dedicated services for combating unfair competition and explains how we can best secure your business. 

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What is Unfair Competition?

Unfair competition encompasses various unjust and illegal commercial practices used by a company to intentionally harm its competitors. This includes defamation, deceptive imitation, client poaching, trade secret violations, counterfeiting, and more. These acts, contrary to ethics, are also condemned by law for disrupting fair and healthy competition. The consequences can be severe for the targeted company: loss of image and reputation, sales destabilization, market share reduction, etc.

Common Forms of Unfair Competition

  • Commercial Parasitism: Exploiting the reputation, marketing efforts, or investments of a competitor without reciprocation (e.g., imitating packaging/visuals, using their brand in SEO).
  • Defamation: Campaigns to damage a competitor’s reputation among clients/prospects.
  • Client Poaching: Aggressive and unfair solicitation of a competitor’s clients.
  • Mass Employee Poaching: Hiring key employees to disrupt a competitor’s operations.
  • Identity Theft: Illicit use of a competitor’s trade name, trademarks, or company name.
  • Trade Secret Violation: Illegal acquisition and use of a competitor’s confidential information.
  • Product Counterfeiting: Imitation of a competitor’s products, services, or designs.

Our Custom Services to Combat Unfair Competition

To help you prevent and effectively combat unfair competition, Dreyfus has assembled a dedicated team of highly specialized lawyers and legal experts. We offer a comprehensive range of customized services:

  • Risk audit and competitive intelligence monitoring
  • Personalized advice on preventive measures
  • Support in amicable procedures (cease-and-desist letters, negotiations, etc.)
  • Robust representation in judicial disputes
  • Legal actions to stop unfair practices
  • Securing compensation for damages (damages/interest, penalties, etc.)
  • Training to educate your teams and anticipate risks

Our extensive experience allows us to intervene across all areas of anti-unfair competition: digital, intellectual property, commercial litigation, etc.

Dedicated Experts to Counter Threats

Dreyfus has assembled a dedicated team of lawyers and legal experts specializing in unfair competition to help you prevent and combat these practices. Our team provides:

  • Comprehensive risk evaluation with audits and competitive intelligence
  • Personalized advice on preventive measures
  • Support in amicable procedures (cease-and-desist letters, negotiations, etc.)
  • Strong representation in judicial disputes
  • Implementation of all actions and procedures to halt unfair practices
  • Advocacy to obtain compensation for suffered damages
  • Training to educate your teams on risks

Our extensive experience enables us to address all aspects of anti-unfair competition: digital (cybersquatting, e-reputation), intellectual property (counterfeiting), as well as traditional commercial litigation.

Choosing Dreyfus: Ensuring Optimal Defense of Your Interests

Engaging Dreyfus to protect against unfair competition means leveraging:

  • Recognized expertise in this complex field
  • Customized strategic approach according to your needs
  • A network of highly specialized lawyers
  • Solid results in both advisory and litigation roles
  • Capability to intervene across all sectors

Our motivation: enabling you to thrive in your markets.

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Protect Your Business with Our Expertise in Unfair Competition

Dreyfus offers renowned international expertise to its clients:

  • Detection and Monitoring of Unfair Competition

    Continuous monitoring services to detect any unfair competition activities affecting your business, including commercial parasitism and defamation.

  • Management of Unfair Competition Litigations

    Representing clients in unfair competition litigations, including legal actions to stop unfair activities and secure compensation.

  • Protection Strategy Against Unfair Competition

    Custom strategies to protect your business from unfair competition practices, utilizing preventive and reactive measures.

  • Compliance and Regulatory Advice

    Experts advising on compliance with relevant regulations and best practices to prevent unfair competition.

  • Risk Analysis and Evaluation of Unfair Competition

    In-depth evaluation of unfair competition risks to identify vulnerabilities and propose protective solutions.

  • Training and Awareness

    Training programs to educate your teams on best practices for protection against unfair competition and compliance.

FAQ - Unfair Competition

Why is it important to combat unfair competition?

It protects your market share, maintains your company’s reputation, and ensures fair competition conditions.

What to do if unfair competition practices are detected?

Act quickly. Our experts can help take legal measures to stop unfair activities and secure compensation.

How can I protect my business against unfair competition?

We offer monitoring services, protection strategies, and compliance advice to prevent and detect unfair practices.

Advantages of training in combating unfair competition?

Training educates your teams on unfair competition threats and teaches best practices to protect your business.

How do you monitor unfair competition?

Continuous monitoring of competitor activities to detect unfair practices and act swiftly.

Do you offer litigation management services for unfair competition?

Yes, we represent clients in unfair competition litigations and defend against unfair activities.