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Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001

Version of section 17 from 2010-03-25 to 2019-06-16:

  •  (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.

    corporate name

    corporate name means the name of a corporation. (Version anglaise seulement)

    distinctive

    distinctive, in relation to a trade-name, considered as a whole and by its separate elements, means a trade-name that distinguishes the business in association with which it is used or intended to be used by its owner from any other business or that is adapted to so distinguish them. (distinctive)

    official mark

    official mark means an official mark referred to in subparagraph 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade-marks Act. (marque officielle)

    trade-mark

    trade-mark means a trade-mark as defined in section 2 of the Trade-marks Act. (marque de commerce)

    trade-name

    trade-name means a name that has been reserved by the Director under subsection 11(1) of the Act, or the name under which a business is carried on, or intended to be carried on, whether it is a corporate name or the name of a body corporate, trust, partnership, sole proprietorship or individual. (dénomination commerciale)

    use

    use means the actual use by a person that carries on business in Canada or elsewhere. (emploi)

  • (2) For greater certainty, this Part applies to the corporate name of an amalgamated corporation.

  • SOR/2010-72, s. 1

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