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Article L122-2 of the French Consumer Code

Comparative advertising may not:

1° Take undue advantage of the reputation attached to a trademark or service mark, a trade name, other distinctive signs of a competitor or the designation of origin as well as the protected geographical indication of a competing product;

2° Lead to the discrediting or denigration of the trademarks, trade names, other distinctive signs, goods, services, activity or situation of a competitor ;

3° Cause confusion between the advertiser and a competitor or between the advertiser’s trademarks, trade names, other distinctive signs, goods or services and those of a competitor;

4° Present goods or services as an imitation or reproduction of a good or service benefiting from a protected trademark or trade name.

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Article L122-2

La publicité comparative ne peut :

1° Tirer indûment profit de la notoriété attachée à une marque de produits ou de services, à un nom commercial, à d’autres signes distinctifs d’un concurrent ou à l’appellation d’origine ainsi qu’à l’indication géographique protégée d’un produit concurrent ;

2° Entraîner le discrédit ou le dénigrement des marques, noms commerciaux, autres signes distinctifs, biens, services, activité ou situation d’un concurrent ;

3° Engendrer de confusion entre l’annonceur et un concurrent ou entre les marques, noms commerciaux, autres signes distinctifs, biens ou services de l’annonceur et ceux d’un concurrent ;

4° Présenter des biens ou des services comme une imitation ou une reproduction d’un bien ou d’un service bénéficiant d’une marque ou d’un nom commercial protégé.

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