It is a serious business violation to take unfair means to compete and maliciously slander peers. Serious and even suspected of committing a crime. If it does not constitute a crime, it may sue for clarification of the facts, apology and compensation for losses.

Related penalties in criminal law:

Article 221 Whoever fabricates and disseminates false facts, thereby damaging the commercial reputation and commodity reputation of others, causing heavy losses to others or other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention and shall also, or shall only, be fined.