Corporations Canada

Four Steps to a Corporate Name Review

Step 3

Distinctiveness Determination

Is the name any of the following:

  • Only descriptive of business, goods or services?
  • Only descriptive of a quality of the business, goods or services?
  • Primarily an individual's name?
  • Primarily a geographic term?
  • Without "secondary meaning"?

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