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Company name

  • 13-12-2012 8:52pm
    #1
    periodictable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭


    If someone registers a company with the CRO, is everyone else precluded from trading under that name? I've heard that registering a business name offers no such protection. Thanks


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  • #2
    Strawberry Fields
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭Strawberry Fields


    compamies act 1963 s23

    (2) If, through inadvertence or otherwise, a company on its first registration, or on its registration by a new name, is registered by a name which, in the opinion of the Minister, is too like the name by which a company in existence is already registered, the first-mentioned company may change its name with the sanction of the Minister and, if he so directs within 6 months of its being registered by that name, shall change it within a period of 6 weeks from the date of the direction or such longer period as the Minister may think fit to allow.
    If a company makes default in complying with a direction under this subsection, it shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £100.


  • #3
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,987 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    No, simply registering a company name doesn't give you any right to prevent others trading under the same or a similar name.

    It should, though, make it difficult for them to register a company under the same or a very similar name, which in turn may make it less likely that they will carry on business under that name.


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