§415A-8  Corporate name.  Thename of a professional corporation:

(1)  May be any name permitted by law expresslyapplicable to the profession in which the corporation is engaged or by a ruleof the licensing authority of the profession; and

(2)  Shall not be the same as, or substantiallyidentical to, the name of any domestic corporation, partnership, limitedpartnership, limited liability company, or limited liability partnershipexisting or registered under the laws of this State, or any foreign corporation,partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, or limitedliability partnership authorized to transact business in this State, or anytrade name, trademark, or service mark registered in this State, or a name theexclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in this State, except thatthis provision shall not apply if the applicant files with the director eitherof the following:

(A)  The written consent from the entity orholder of a reserved or registered name to use the same or substantiallyidentical name, and one or more words are added to make the namedistinguishable from the other name; or

(B)  A certified copy of a final decree of acourt of competent jurisdiction establishing the prior right of the applicantto the use of the name in this State. [L 1985, c 259, pt of §1; am L 1987, c135, §114; am L 1996, c 92, §8; am L 1999, c 249, §14; am L 2000, c 219, §25;am L 2001, c 129, §52]