Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2009/cite/322B.12
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﻿ Sec. 322B.12 MN Statutes
Section 322B.12
322B.115 322B.125
2014 Subd. 4 Repealed 2014 c 157 art 1 s 91
2014 Subd. 5 Repealed 2014 c 157 art 1 s 91
2009 Subd. 1 Amended 2009 c 98 s 21
2008 Subd. 6 Repealed 2008 c 203 s 14
2006 Subd. 1 Amended 2006 c 250 art 2 s 12
2004 Subd. 1 Amended 2004 c 199 art 13 s 113
2002 Subd. 4 Amended 2002 c 311 art 2 s 7
1997 Subd. 1 Amended 1997 c 22 art 2 s 4
1997 Subd. 1 Amended 1997 c 10 art 4 s 9
1996 Subd. 1 Amended 1996 c 361 s 5
1995 Subd. 1 Amended 1995 c 128 art 2 s 5
1995 Subd. 1 Amended 1995 c 58 s 6
322B.12 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME.
Subdivision 1.Requirements and prohibitions.
The secretary of state shall determine whether a name is "distinguishable" from another name for purposes of this section and section 322B.125.
Subd. 3.Other laws affecting use of names.
This section and section 322B.125 do not abrogate or limit the law of unfair competition or unfair practices, or sections 333.001 to 333.54, or the laws of the United States with respect to the right to acquire and protect copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service names, service marks, or any other rights to the exclusive use of names or symbols, or derogate the common law or the principles of equity.
Subd. 4.Use of a name by a surviving or successor organization.
A limited liability company that is the surviving organization in a merger with one or more other organizations, or that is organized by the reorganization of one or more organizations, or that acquires by sale, lease, or other disposition to or exchange with an organization all or substantially all of the assets of another organization, including its name, may have the same name as that used in this state by any of the other organizations, if the other organization whose name is sought to be used was organized under the laws of, or is authorized to transact business in, this state.
Subd. 5.Injunction.
The use of a name by a limited liability company in violation of this section does not affect or vitiate its limited liability company existence, but a court in this state may, upon application of the state or of a person interested or affected, enjoin the limited liability company from doing business under a name assumed in violation of this section, although its articles of organization may have been filed with the secretary of state and a certificate of organization issued.
1992 c 517 art 2 s 8; 1995 c 58 s 6; 1995 c 128 art 2 s 5; 1996 c 361 s 5; 1997 c 10 art 4 s 9; 1997 c 22 art 2 s 4,8; 2002 c 311 art 2 s 7; 2004 c 199 art 13 s 113; 2006 c 250 art 2 s 12; 2009 c 98 s 21
NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2009, chapter 98, section 21, is effective 30 days after the secretary of state certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been modified to implement the amendment to this subdivision. Laws 2009, chapter 98, section 21, the effective date.