In this thesis several cases of unfair competition are presented. The number of internet users is growing with each year and it has been shown that the development and expansion of the internet has a strong impact on the consumers and the market situation. Unfair competition is an act of a company while entering the market, which is contrary to good business practices and which causes or may cause damage to other companies and is as such prohibited. In this thesis I presented four types of unfair competition practices which we encounter on the internet: metadata advertising, misleading advertising, domain grabbing or cybersquatting and spamming. Metadata ads are advertisements on the internet within a web browser, where advertisers choose and pay for key words, which will after entering them into the web browser, lead the internet user to the advertiser's website. The practice is at issue, because the advertisers usually select keywords which are identical to formerly registered trademarks. Regarding misleading and comparative advertising the same rules apply to internet advertising as to advertising on other media, such advertising is prohibited because it influences the economic behaviuor of a consumer and causes him to make a decision, which he otherwise wouldn't make. Spamming represents unwanted emails that cause trouble for several reasons that are presented in the thesis. Domaingrabbing is the act of a company which registers a previously registered trademark as his own domain name and uses it in bad faith. It is a case of violation of trademark rights or a distinctive sign, unauthorized use of a trademark which can harm the holder of the trademark, cause confusion on the market and is therefore prohibited.
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