California Letter of Consent to use Similar Corporate Name
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In most cases, when two businesses with the same or similar names are operating in overlapping markets and locations, the conflict will be handled through an administrative proceeding with the US Patent and Trademark Office or with a lawsuit brought by one of the owners.
You can often use the same business name in your own state or another state, if it is not in the state where the business name is filed, and it doesn't violate trademark rules. This is common practice for smaller local businesses.
The short answers is "Yes, but watch out." That is, you can name your business in way that is similar to another business so long as it is not deceptively similar.
To change the name of a domestic (formed in California) stock corporation, the corporation must file a Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation that meets the requirements of California Corporations Code sections 173, 193 and 900-908.
Yes, you can have multiple businesses under one LLC. You can run two or more businesses under one LLC by either: running all the business activities under one LLC name, or. registering DBAs (doing business as), also known as Fictitious Names.
You can often use the same business name in your own state or another state, if it is not in the state where the business name is filed, and it doesn't violate trademark rules. This is common practice for smaller local businesses.
Because business names are registered on a state-by-state basis, the fact that a company in another state has the same name as yours is usually not a cause for concern. However, you are right in that there could be intellectual property issues (namely, trademark) when two companies have the same name.
Can Two Companies Have the Same Name? Yes, however, certain requirements must be met in order for it to not constitutes trademark infringement and to determine which party is the rightful owner of the name.
Cannot match an existing LLC name Your LLC name must be unique to your company and cannot be the same as one already registered with your State. Cannot contain words for other business entity types such as DBA, incorporated or corporation which would be misleading to consumers.
