Zagainov Vladimir Vladimirovich ↑, Kuznetsov Evgeny Viktorovich ↑

The main legally significant features of the legal concept of “unfair competition”are considered. It is one of the forms of abuse of law, which is expressed in the illegal behavior of the subject of market relations, which by means of forms of implementation of its subjective right that are not permitted by law or contraryto business customs, creates obstacles in the exercise of its competitors ‘ business rights and (or) harms consumers. There is no consumer figure in the definition of unfair competition. If the damage is caused to them, their rights are protected by consumer legislation. Currently, there is no unified concept of “unfair competition”. In legal science and legislation, there are definitions of unfair competition, but having a common meaning, their interpretations differ significantly, generating, in turn, not only disputes in the ranks of the scientific community, but also having a significant impact on law enforcement practice. The integrity of an economic entity is manifested primarily in its lawful behavior, but when implementing civil rights in the field of competition, law enforcement officers must understand the essence and take into account each feature contained in the above concept, since, otherwise, mistakes may be made in the implementation of rights, obligations and prohibitions in the field of competitive relations in the market of goods and services. At the same time, attention is drawn to the imperfection of the legal concept, which leads to a narrowing of the scope of relations arising in the course of violation of competition rules. The latter is a circumstance that reduces the effectiveness of competition protection in the Russian Federation. In order to eliminate the identified gaps, it is proposed to make a number of changes to the competition protection legislation.

competition, unfair competition, abuse of civil law, civil legal relations, business activity, economic entities, subjects of competitive relations, losses to competitors, damage to business reputation

Zagainov Vladimir Vladimirovich - Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Irkutsk Institute (branch) of All-Russian state University of justice (RPA of the Ministry of Justice of Russia) (4, Nekrasova st., Irkutsk, 664011, Russian Federation), e-mail: vladzagain@mail.ru

Kuznetsov Evgeny Viktorovich - Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Operational-Investigative Activities and Special Equipment in the Internal Affairs Directorate, East Siberian Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (110, Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664074, Russian Federation), e-mail: kev300579@gmail.com

Zagainov V. V., Kuznetsov E. V. O neobhodimosti sovershenstvovaniya ponyatiya «nedobrosovestnaya konkurenciya» [On the Need to Improve the Concept of «Unfair Competition»] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2020, no 4 (91), pp. 41–48. https://doi.org/10.26516/2071-8136.2020.4.41 (in Russian)

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