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jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the | name applied for in this State. |
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| | 5.__Use of another limited liability partnership's name.__A | limited liability partnership may use the name, including the | assumed or fictitious name, of another registered or foreign | limited liability partnership that is used in this State if the | other limited liability partnership is organized or authorized to | transact business in this State and the limited liability | partnership proposing to use the name: |
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| A.__Has merged with the other limited liability partnership; |
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| B.__Has been formed by reorganization of the other limited | liability partnership; or |
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| C.__Has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, | including the limited liability partnership name, of the | other limited liability partnership. |
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| | 6. Determining distinguishability. In__determining whether | names are distinguishable on the records, the Secretary of State | shall disregard the following: |
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| A.__Words or abbreviations of words that describe the nature | of the entity, including "professional association," | "corporation," "company," "incorporated," "chartered," | "limited," "limited partnership," "limited liability | company," "professional limited liability company," "limited | liability partnership,"__"registered limited liability | partnership," "service corporation" and "professional | corporation"; |
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| B.__The presence or absence of the words or symbols of the | words "and" and "the"; and |
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| C.__Differences in the use of punctuation, capitalization or | special characters. |
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| | 7.__Change of limited liability partnership name by foreign | limited liability partnership.__If a foreign limited liability | partnership authorized to transact business in this State changes | its name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of this | section, it may not transact business in this State under the | proposed new name until it adopts a name satisfying the | requirements of this section and files an amended application for | authority under section 855 that is accompanied by a statement of | use of a fictitious name under section 805-A. |
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