Name availability rules bar company names resembling existing companies, LLPs or trademarks; certifying professionals face liability. Name availability bars registration of an undesirable name identical with or too nearly resembling an existing company, LLP or a registered/applied trade mark. Applicants must declare prior MCA searches, non infringement, conformity with emblems law and Guidelines, and accept responsibility. Certified e form 1A filings by specified professionals may receive online availability without ROC processing, but the certifier is liable to penal action if the name is later found impermissible; uncertified applications are processed by ROC. Reserved names lapse after sixty days and the Central Government may require post incorporation name change where resemblance is found.
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Name availability rules bar company names resembling existing companies, LLPs or trademarks; certifying professionals face liability.
Name availability bars registration of an undesirable name identical with or too nearly resembling an existing company, LLP or a registered/applied trade mark. Applicants must declare prior MCA searches, non infringement, conformity with emblems law and Guidelines, and accept responsibility. Certified e form 1A filings by specified professionals may receive online availability without ROC processing, but the certifier is liable to penal action if the name is later found impermissible; uncertified applications are processed by ROC. Reserved names lapse after sixty days and the Central Government may require post incorporation name change where resemblance is found.
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