§415B-122 Corporate name of foreign corporation.
No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign corporation unless its corporate name:(1) Is not the same as, or substantially identical to, the name of any profit or nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership existing under the laws of this State, or any profit or nonprofit foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign limited liability company, or foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State, or a corporate or trade name, trademark, or service mark reserved or registered pursuant to the laws of this State; and
(2) Is transliterated into letters of the English alphabet, if the name is not in English. [L 1985, c 270, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 135, §182; am L 1996, c 92, §12; am L 1999, c 249, §22]