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Are these 2 business names too similar?

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  • 18-01-2021 7:51pm
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    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,927 ✭✭✭


    The following names are made up btw.

    company A) is Carlow physio and recovery

    company B) is called physio in Carlow, wicklow, louth and Tullow.


    would company A have any legal case against company B using a similar name?

    both companies operate in the same town.

    Company A has their name registered with CRO.


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    duffman13
    Registered Users Posts: 8,946 ✭✭✭duffman13


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    The following names are made up btw.

    company A) is Carlow physio and recovery

    company B) is called physio in Carlow, wicklow, louth and Tullow.


    would company A have any legal case against company B using a similar name?

    both companies operate in the same town.

    Company A has their name registered with CRO.

    Company B has a terrible name but I wouldn't imagine so, fairly distinctive differences in the names


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    vurstflavor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭vurstflavor


    Both should have better names but the one with reg name will sue the competition


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    brian_t
    Registered Users Posts: 6,656 ✭✭✭brian_t


    B reads like a description of an individual in an Ad rather than a company name.

    Are you comparing like with like.


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    pgj2015
    Registered Users Posts: 8,927 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    brian_t wrote: »
    B reads like a description of an individual in an Ad rather than a company name.

    Are you comparing like with like.




    Yes. are the names too similar in your opinion?


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    Peregrinus
    Registered Users Posts: 26,056 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    No. I don't think that by adopting a business name which includes the fairly broad terms "physio" and "Carlow" you thereby get an effective veto over any other name featuring those two terms.

    (Note that registering a business name does not give you any kind of exclusive rights, or bar the registration of other similar names. That is not the point of business name registration.)


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    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,160 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    vurstflavor wrote: »
    Both should have better names but the one with reg name will sue the competition

    Sue for what?


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