Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2017/cite/302A.115
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﻿ Sec. 302A.115 MN Statutes
Section 302A.115
302A.111 302A.117
2014 Subd. 1 Amended 2014 c 157 art 2 s 9
2009 Subd. 1 Amended 2009 c 98 s 8
2008 Subd. 8 Repealed 2008 c 203 s 14
2006 Subd. 1 Amended 2006 c 250 art 1 s 17
2006 Subd. 5 Amended 2006 c 250 art 1 s 18
2004 Subd. 1 Amended 2004 c 199 art 13 s 110
2002 Subd. 5 Amended 2002 c 311 art 1 s 10
1997 Subd. 1 Amended 1997 c 10 art 1 s 8
1995 Subd. 1 Amended 1995 c 128 art 2 s 1
302A.115 CORPORATE NAME.
(d) Shall be distinguishable upon the records in the Office of the Secretary of State from the name of each domestic corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, and limited liability company, whether profit or nonprofit, and each foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, and limited liability company on file, authorized or registered to do business in this state at the time of filing, whether profit or nonprofit, and each name the right to which is, at the time of incorporation, reserved as provided for in sections 5.35, 302A.117, 321.0109, 322B.125, 322C.0109, or 333.001 to 333.54, unless there is filed with the articles one of the following:
Subd. 2.Names continued.
Subdivision 1, clause (d) does not affect the right of a domestic corporation existing on January 1, 1984, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in this state on that date to continue the use of its name.
Subd. 3.Determination.
The secretary of state shall determine whether a name is "distinguishable" from another name for purposes of this section and section 302A.117.
Subd. 4.Other laws affecting use of names.
This section and section 302A.117 do not abrogate or limit the law of unfair competition or unfair practices, nor sections 333.001 to 333.54, nor 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, nor derogate the common law or the principles of equity.
Subd. 5.Use of name by successor corporation.
The use of a name by a corporation in violation of this section does not affect or vitiate its corporate existence, but a court in this state may, upon application of the state or of a person interested or affected, enjoin the corporation from doing business under a name assumed in violation of this section, although its articles may have been filed with the secretary of state and a certificate of incorporation issued.
Subd. 7.Lost names; use by others.
Each corporation formed before July 1, 1979, which has not filed the active status report required by Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 301.511 or an annual registration under section 302A.821 and which has not elected to become governed by this chapter before January 1, 1984, shall file the annual registration under section 302A.821.
Each corporation which has not filed that report or registration loses its right to the exclusive use of its name. The corporation may reacquire the right to use that name by filing the registration under section 302A.821, unless the name has been adopted for use or reserved by another person, in which case the registration will be rejected unless the registration is accompanied by a consent, court order, or affidavit pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (d). A corporation which cannot reacquire the use of its corporate name shall adopt a new corporate name which complies with the provisions of this section.
1981 c 270 s 8; 1982 c 497 s 17; 1983 c 368 s 3; 1984 c 618 s 13; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 56; 1988 c 682 s 7,8; 1989 c 292 s 3-5; 1992 c 517 art 1 s 13; 1993 c 17 s 8; 1995 c 128 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 10 art 1 s 8; 2002 c 311 art 1 s 10; 2004 c 199 art 13 s 110; 2006 c 250 art 1 s 17,18; 2009 c 98 s 8; 2014 c 157 art 2 s 9,31