Name similarity rules: disregard corporate suffixes and minor variations when assessing identical company names for registration Determination of whether a proposed company name is identical to an existing name requires disregarding corporate-form words and common suffixes, terminal words and their plurals, letter case, spacing and punctuation, pluralization, phonetic and spelling variations, numeric-word equivalence, internet designations, and common prefixes or place-name additions. Reordering of the same words and exact translations that reproduce an existing name's identity are non-distinctive. Such names will generally be disallowed unless the existing company produces a formal objection waiver, such as a board resolution consenting to the use.
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Name similarity rules: disregard corporate suffixes and minor variations when assessing identical company names for registration
Determination of whether a proposed company name is identical to an existing name requires disregarding corporate-form words and common suffixes, terminal words and their plurals, letter case, spacing and punctuation, pluralization, phonetic and spelling variations, numeric-word equivalence, internet designations, and common prefixes or place-name additions. Reordering of the same words and exact translations that reproduce an existing name's identity are non-distinctive. Such names will generally be disallowed unless the existing company produces a formal objection waiver, such as a board resolution consenting to the use.
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