国际商法7 formation of corporation.pptVIP

Unit 7 formation of corporation 1. In general The formation of corporation is the process that the promoters tries to meet all the requirements in order to obtain the legal personality. 2. The conditions for the formation of corporation There are only a few requirements for incorporation. The conditions prescribed by different countries vary, but usually include: a. the corporation shall have qualified and adequate promoters b. the corporation shall have minimum legally required capital c. the promoters shall make the articles of corporation d. the corporation shall have its own corporate name and corporate structure e. the corporation shall have its corporate domicile 3. Promoters（发起人） 3.1 Definition A person who takes the initiative in developing and organizing a new business venture. 3.2 The activities of promoters a. arrange necessary capital for the corporation b. obtain necessary assets and personnel c. arrange the procedures for the formation of the corporation The certificate of incorporation and its effect From the date when a company’s incorporation form and copies of its memorandum and article, certified to be true copies b a founder member, are registered, the company is incorporated. The regisrar will issue a certificate certifying that the company is incorporated and, in the case of company whose members have limited liability, that the company is limited. Restrictions on the choice of name Normally, no company will be registered by a name which is the name as: a. a name appearing in the Registrar’s index of company name; b. that of a body corporate established under an ordinance c. the type and case of letters, accents, spaces between letters and punctution marks. Case 2000年初，某市一有限责任公司开张，登记为“大洋时装有限责任公司”（甲公司），从事服装生产。2000年底，在离甲公司500米处又有另一家公司开业，从事服装销售，登记名称为“大洋服装商贸有限公司”（乙公司）。两家公司名称类似，顾客经常混淆。为此，甲公司向法院提起诉讼，称乙侵犯其名称权。乙公司主张两家名称并非完全相同，行业也不同。甲公司为服装生产加工产业，乙公司为商品零售产业，否认自己侵权。 Questions 乙公司是