Commercial Address in Yemeni Law

Abstract

Yemen's Commercial Law No. (32) of 1991, and its amendments, was issued. In Chapter II of Part Three thereof, the provisions related to the Commercial Address were regulated in Articles (55) through (62). Then the Commercial Names Act No. (20) of 2003 was issued without making any clear and specific differences or discrepancies between the commercial address and the trade name, thus leaving many people are baffled by the legislator's conduct, since he did not distinguish between the address and the name. At the same time, the notion that they have the same meaning was not clearly adopted, despite the great importance of this topic. The commercial address has become a necessity of the nature of the business practice. The address is name used by the merchant, whether individual, enterprise or company, to distinguish the commercial establishment from other establishments and to facilitate the identification and access by customers easily and without confusion with other stores. This is done by placing the commercial address on a sign clearly placed on the entrance to the commercial store. This research examined the legal texts relating to the commercial business in Yemeni law through two topics, the first of which was devoted to discussing the concept of the commercial address in terms of the meaning of the commercial address and its components, while clarifying the relevance of the address and distinguishing it from other similar designations. While the second topic discussed the issue of ownership of the commercial address and its means of protection.