Legal analysis: Whether it is illegal to use someone else’s trademark as a company name, there are two situations: 1. The approved company name enjoys the name right, and there is no infringement with the same name as the trademark. However, an unapproved company name may infringe; 2. Although there is no infringement for an approved company with the same name as the trademark, the illegal use of the trademark in violation of Article 57 of the Trademark Law constitutes infringement.
Legal basis: "Enterprise Name Registration Management Implementation Measures"
Article 2: These Measures apply to the names of corporate legal persons registered by the industrial and commercial administrative authorities and enterprises without legal person qualifications .
Article 3 An enterprise shall choose its own name in accordance with the law and apply for registration. An enterprise enjoys the right to its name from the date of its establishment.
Article 57 of the "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" commits any of the following acts, it shall be an infringement of the exclusive right to use a registered trademark: (1) Without the permission of the trademark registrant, Using the same trademark as its registered trademark on the same kind of goods; (2) Using a trademark that is similar to its registered trademark on the same kind of goods without the permission of the trademark registrant, or using the same or similar trademark as its registered trademark on similar goods Trademarks that are likely to cause confusion; (3) Selling goods that infringe the exclusive rights of registered trademarks; (4) Forging or manufacturing registered trademarks of others without authorization or selling forged or unauthorized registered trademarks; (5) Without trademark registration The person agrees to change his or her registered trademark and put the goods with the changed trademark back into the market; (6) Intentionally providing facilities for infringement of other people's trademark rights and helping others to infringe trademark rights; (7) Giving to others The exclusive right to use a registered trademark causes other damage.