Undesirable company names: expansive criteria bar or condition registration and require consents and compliance declarations. Rule 8A establishes categories of undesirable names for company incorporation, including names prohibited by emblem and name law, those using registered trademarks without consent, names offensive to groups, names identical with or closely resembling existing, reserved, foreign or recently released corporate or LLP names, and names implying regulated activities or alternate legal forms. It also restricts descriptive generic names, mandates declarations about prior use in other business forms, requires regulatory compliance declarations for reserved sector words, and prescribes cooling-off periods for dissolved or struck-off entities.
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Undesirable company names: expansive criteria bar or condition registration and require consents and compliance declarations.
Rule 8A establishes categories of undesirable names for company incorporation, including names prohibited by emblem and name law, those using registered trademarks without consent, names offensive to groups, names identical with or closely resembling existing, reserved, foreign or recently released corporate or LLP names, and names implying regulated activities or alternate legal forms. It also restricts descriptive generic names, mandates declarations about prior use in other business forms, requires regulatory compliance declarations for reserved sector words, and prescribes cooling-off periods for dissolved or struck-off entities.
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