Fraudulent means definition

Fraudulent means means knowingly making or causing to be made a false statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact, knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or committing a fraudulent practice.
Fraudulent means are to be understood as those means capable of misleading, such as artifices, deception, simulations, lies. Therefore, the frequent occurrence of the typical fact as an act of competition has led part of the doctrine to identify fraudulent means with the facts described in Article 2598 of the Civil Code and, therefore, for example, in the use of other registered trademarks, the dissemination of false and tendentious news, and in general in false advertising and parasitic competition, i.e. imitation of the competitor's initiatives so as to cause confusion.
Fraudulent means must be understood as those means which can mislead, such as artifice, trickery, simulation, and lies. Therefore, the frequent possibility of realizing the crime as part of commercial competition has led part of the legal doctrine to identify fraudulent means with the facts described in Article 2598 of the Italian Civil Code.

Examples of Fraudulent means in a sentence

  • Fraud and/or Fraudulent means anything that is dishonest, deceitful, unauthorised, illegal, criminal, wrongful, false or erroneous.


More Definitions of Fraudulent means

Fraudulent means refer to any means that could mislead, such as tricks, deceptive actions, simulations, lies. Therefore, the common feasibility of the typical offence of competition led certain strands of legal theory to identify fraudulent means as those actions described under article 2598 of the Civil Code, and therefore, for example, in the use of other registered trademarks, the circulation of false or misleading news, or in general, false advertising or parasitic competition, i.e. imitating the initiatives of the competitor in a way that leads to confusion.

Related to Fraudulent means

  • fraudulent practice means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of any bidder, and includes collusive practice among bidders (prior to or after bid submission) designed to establish bid prices at artificial non-competitive levels and to deprive the bidder of the benefits of free and open competition.