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Act 589
ACT
OF
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PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF GHANA
ENT~TLED
PROT~CTION
AGAINST UNFAIR COMPETITION ACT, 2000
AN ACT to provide protection against unfair competition and related matters.
DATE OF ASSENT: 19th 'December, 2000
BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows
Causing confusion with respect to aD~ther'l enterprise or its act~vities
1.. (1) Any act or practice, in the courseof industrial or commercial activi
ties, that causes, or is likely to cause, confusion with respect to another per..
son's enterprise or its activities, in particular, the products or services offered
by that enterprise, constitutes an act of unfair competition.
(2) Confusion may, in particular, be caused with respect to
(a) a. trademark, whether registered or not;
(b)la trade name;
(c) a business identifier other than a trademark or trade name;
(d) the presentation of a product or service; or
(e) a celebrity or wen-known fictional character.
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DawSlging au:u)ther penon's goodwill or repu.tation
2~ (1) Any act or practice in the course 'of industriel or commercial activi
ties, that damages or is likely to damage the goodwill or reputation of another
person's enterprise or its activities constitutes an act of unfair competition,
whether or not the act or practice, causes confusion..
(2) Damaging another person's goodwin or reputation may, in particu
lar; result from the dilution of the goodwill or reputation attached to
(a) a trademark, whether registered or not;
(b) a trade name;
(c) ,a business identifier other than a trademark or a trade name;
(d) the appearance of a product;
(e) the presentation of a product or service; or
(j), a celebrity or a well-known fictional character.
Misleadmg the public
3.. (1) Any act or practice in the course of industrial or commercial
activities, that misleads or is likely to mislead the public, with respect to an
enterprise or its activities, in particular, the products or services offered by
that enterprise, constitutes-an act of unfair competition.