特定商取引法

とくていしょうとりひきほう

Act on Specified Commercial Transactions

商法

しょうほう

trade, business, commerce, commercial law

海商法

かいしょうほう うみしょうほう

maritime law

マルチ商法

マルチしょうほう

multilevel marketing system, pyramid selling, chain referral

特措法

とくそほう

special measures law

特許法

とっきょほう

Patent Act

特別法

とくべつほう

special law

殿様商法

とのさましょうほう

amateurish (dilettantish) way of doing business

悪質商法

あくしつしょうほう

unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices

悪徳商法

あくとくしょうほう

unscrupulous (crooked, fraudulent) business practices, pernicious sales methods

霊視商法

れいししょうほう

fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)

問題商法

もんだいしょうほう

unscrupulous (crooked, fraudulent) business practices, pernicious sales methods

炎上商法

えんじょうしょうほう

outrage marketing (deliberately stirring up controversy to generate publicity); shock advertising

便乗商法

びんじょうしょうほう

piggybacking marketing, the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)

内職商法

ないしょくしょうほう

homeworking scheme (scam)

福祉商法

ふくししょうほう

(unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience, (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable (social welfare) organization

点検商法

てんけんしょうほう

an unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacing items

利殖商法

りしょくしょうほう

fraudulent business practice of luring people into investing by promising high returns

霊感商法

れいかんしょうほう

fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck