Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 78 - Private Corporations
NAME OF CORPORATION
Section 78.030 - Distinguishing proposed name from name of existing business entity: Addition, omission or substitution of distinctive lettering or typeface, spaces, capitalized letters, punctuation marks, symbols or signs

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 78.030

Current through September 16, 2024

1. The addition or omission of distinctive lettering or typeface, a space, a capitalized letter, a symbol, a sign, a punctuation mark or any other mark does not make the proposed name of a corporation distinguishable from the name of an existing business entity. For example:

(a) "ABC, Inc." is not distinguishable from "A.B.C., Inc.";

(b) "Intellico" is not distinguishable from "Intelli, Co.";

(c) "Motor-Mouth" is not distinguishable from "Motor Mouth"; and

(d) "Nevada.com, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Nevada Com, Inc."

2. The substitution of distinctive lettering or typeface, a space, a capitalized letter, a symbol, a sign, a punctuation mark or any other mark for a word does not make the proposed name of a corporation distinguishable from the name of an existing business entity. For example:

(a) "A-plus" is not distinguishable from "A+";

(b) "Frustrated, Inc." is not distinguishable from "Frustrated, Inc.";

(c) "Jones & Jones" is not distinguishable from "Jones and Jones"; and

(d) "Marketing Ahead" is not distinguishable from "marketing ahead."

3. For the purposes of this section:

(a) "Distinctive lettering or typeface" includes, without limitation, underscoring, italics, boldface, different font styles and different font sizes;

(b) "Punctuation mark" includes, without limitation, a comma, a semicolon, a colon, a dash, a period, an exclamation point, a question mark, an apostrophe, single quotation marks, double quotation marks, parentheses, braces, brackets and any other similar mark; and

(c) "Symbol" or "sign" includes, without limitation, #, $, %, ^, &, *, ~, <, >, +, -, =, _, / and \, and any other similar symbol or sign.

Added to NAC by Sec'y of State by R098-00, eff. 9-25-2000

NRS 78.039, 78.185

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