Non-Governmental Expert Organizations (Antitrust Naming Requirements)

The article considers various meanings of the concept of “non-state expert organizations”, judicial practice, current antimonopoly and other legislation governing the requirements for the use of the words “judicial”, “judicial”, “judicial” in the name of a legal entity.

The authors conclude that non-state expert institutions should be understood as specialized non-profit organizations established by citizens and (or) legal entities licensed to engage in forensic activities issued by an executive authority of the Russian Federation or a constituent entity of the Russian Federation performing functions for the development and implementation of state policy and legal regulation in the field of justice, as well as having passed voluntary accreditation.

According to the authors, the use of the words “judicial”, “judicial”, “judicial” in the name of a non-state expert organization may contain signs of unfair competition or abuse of law and entail negative legal consequences.

An optimal solution to this problem is proposed.

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