Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 30 March 1911 (Status as of 1 January 2022)
Art. 946

2. Ex­clus­iv­ity of the re­gistered busi­ness name

 

1 The name of a sole pro­pri­et­or­ship617 entered in the com­mer­cial re­gister may not be used by an­oth­er busi­ness pro­pri­et­or in the same loc­a­tion even if he has the same first name and fam­ily name from which the older busi­ness name is formed.

2 In such a case, the own­er of the new­er busi­ness must add a suf­fix or end­ing to his own name to pro­duce a busi­ness name which is clearly dis­tinct from the older busi­ness name.

3 Claims in re­spect of un­fair com­pet­i­tion against sole pro­pri­et­or­ships618 re­gistered in oth­er loc­a­tions are re­served.

617 Foot­note rel­ev­ant to Ger­man ver­sion.

618 Foot­note rel­ev­ant to Ger­man ver­sion.

 
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