Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1918

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Companies Law. Its scope of application: the formation, management and dissolution of companies. Companies' conduct of their activities. Its subjection to the provisions of the Commercial Code. - 334 - Commercial - Trade style. It must differ from styles previously entered in the Commercial Register. The rationale therefor. - Assessment of whether deceptive similarity exists between trade styles. A question of fact within the exclusive province of the court of the merits. The condition therefor.
Arabic original
قانون الشركات. نطاق سريانه: تأسيس الشركات وإدارتها وانقضائها. ممارسة الشركات لنشاطها. خضوعه لأحكام قانون التجارة. - ٣٣٤ - تجاري - العنوان التجاري. وجوب اختلافه عن العناوين المقيدة قبلاً في السجل التجاري. علة ذلك. - تقدير قيام التشابه الخادع بين العناوين التجارية من عدمه. واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٦٢/١٩٩٤ تجاري جلسة ١٣/١١/١٩٩٤ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثالث ص ٧٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 334. PDF pages: 334–335.

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