LD 1539
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LR 1942
Item 1

 
A.__The corporate name and the address of the corporation's
registered office;

 
B.__That the corporation intends to carry on activities
under an assumed or fictitious name;

 
C.__The assumed or fictitious name that the corporation
proposes to use;

 
D.__If the assumed name is not to be used at all of the
corporation's places of activity in this State, the
locations where it will be used; and

 
E.__If the corporation is a foreign corporation:

 
(1)__The jurisdiction of incorporation; and

 
(2)__The date on which it was authorized to carry on
activities in this State.

 
A separate statement must be executed and delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing with respect to each assumed or
fictitious name that the corporation proposes to use.

 
5.__Compliance required.__An assumed or fictitious name must
comply with the requirements of section 301-A.

 
6.__Enjoin use of assumed or fictitious name.__If a
corporation uses an assumed or fictitious name without complying
with the requirements of this section, the continued use of the
assumed or fictitious name may be enjoined upon suit by the
Attorney General or by any person adversely affected by the use
of the assumed or fictitious name.

 
7.__Enjoin use despite compliance.__Notwithstanding its
compliance with the requirements of this section, the use of an
assumed or fictitious name may be enjoined upon suit of the
Attorney General or of any person adversely affected by such use
if:

 
A.__The assumed or fictitious name did not, at the time the
statement required by subsection 4 was filed, comply with
the requirements of section 301-A; or

 
B.__The assumed or fictitious name is not distinguishable on
the records of the Secretary of State from a name in which
the plaintiff has prior rights by virtue of the common law
or statutory law of unfair competition, unfair trade
practices, common law copyright or similar law.


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