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Any act of competition contrary to honest practices in industrial or commercial
matters shall constitute an act of unfair competition.
The following in particular shall be prohibited:
((a) all acts of such a nature as to create confusion by any means whatever with the
establishment, the goods, or the industrial or commercial activities, of a competitor;
((b) false allegations in the course of trade of such a nature as to discredit the
establishment, the goods, or the industrial or commercial activities, of a competitor;
((c) indications or allegations, the use of which in the course of trade is liable to
mislead the public as to the nature, the manufacturing process, the characteristics,
the suitability for their purpose, or the quantity of the goods.
Natural persons and legal entities shall have the right to prevent information lawfully
within their control from being disclosed to, acquired by, or used by others without
their consent in a manner contrary to honest commercial practices so long as such
information:
((a) is secret in the sense that it is not, as a body or in the precise configuration
and assembly of its components, generally known among or readily accessible to
persons within the circles that normally deal with the kind of information in question;
((b) has commercial value because it is secret; and
((c) has been subject to reasonable steps under the circumstances, by the person
lawfully in control of the information, to keep it secret.
When, as a condition of approving the marketing in Djibouti of pharmaceutical or of
agricultural chemical products which utilize new chemical entities, the submission of
undisclosed test or other data is required, the origination of which involves a
considerable effort, such data shall be protected against unfair commercial use. In
addition, such data shall be protected against disclosure, except where necessary to
protect the public, or unless steps are taken to ensure that the data disclosed are
protected against unfair commercial use.
Article 184
Acts of unfair competition may only give rise to civil proceedings under the conditions
provided for in Article 195 below.
TITLE VII
TEMPORARY PROTECTION AT EXHIBITIONS
Article 185
Temporary protection shall be granted to inventions which may be patented, to
improvements or additions deriving from a patented invention, to layout designs
(topographies) for integrated circuits, to industrial designs and to, trademarks or
service marks for goods or services which have been presented for the first time in