Article 6, paragraph (1)
The name of a company is its trade name.
会社は、その名称を商号とする。
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会社法
Chapter II Trade Name of Company
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Chapter II Trade Name of Company第二章 会社の商号
Article 6第六条
Trade Name（商号）
Article 6, paragraph (2)
A company must use the Japanese characters "株式会社"(pronounced "kabushiki-kaisha", meaning "stock company"),"合名会社"(pronounced" gomei-kaisha" meaning "general partnership company"), "合資会社"(pronounced "goushi-kaisha" meaning "limited partnership company") or " 合同会社" (pronounced "goudou-kaisha", meaning "limited liability company") in its trade name, respectively for stock company, general partnership company, limited partnership company or limited liability company.
会社は、株式会社、合名会社、合資会社又は合同会社の種類に従い、それぞれその商号中に株式会社、合名会社、合資会社又は合同会社という文字を用いなければならない。
Article 6, paragraph (3)
A company may not use in its trade name any word which makes it likely that the company may be mistaken for a different form of company.
会社は、その商号中に、他の種類の会社であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いてはならない。
Article 7第七条
No Use of Name Which Is Likely to Be Mistaken for a Company（会社と誤認させる名称等の使用の禁止）
Article 7, paragraph (1)
No person who is not a company may use in its name or trade name any word which makes it likely that the person may be mistaken as a company.
会社でない者は、その名称又は商号中に、会社であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いてはならない。
Article 8第八条
Article 8, paragraph (1)
No person may use, with a wrongful purpose, any name or trade name which makes it likely that the person may be mistaken for the other company.
何人も、不正の目的をもって、他の会社であると誤認されるおそれのある名称又は商号を使用してはならない。
Article 8, paragraph (2)
Any company the enterprise interests of which have been, or are likely to be, infringed by the use of any name or trade name in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph may seek an injunction suspending or preventing the infringement against the person who infringes, or is likely to infringe, those enterprise interests.
前項の規定に違反する名称又は商号の使用によって営業上の利益を侵害され、又は侵害されるおそれがある会社は、その営業上の利益を侵害する者又は侵害するおそれがある者に対し、その侵害の停止又は予防を請求することができる。
Article 9第九条
Liability of Companies Permitting Others to Use Its Trade Name（自己の商号の使用を他人に許諾した会社の責任）
Article 9, paragraph (1)
Any company that has permitted others to carry out business or engage in any enterprise by using the company's own trade name is jointly and severally liable, regarding any person who has transacted with relevant others based on misunderstanding that relevant company carries out relevant business, for the performance of any obligations which may arise from relevant transaction.
自己の商号を使用して事業又は営業を行うことを他人に許諾した会社は、当該会社が当該事業を行うものと誤認して当該他人と取引をした者に対し、当該他人と連帯して、当該取引によって生じた債務を弁済する責任を負う。