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Registered name definition

What does Registered name mean? The official name a company uses in legal and commercial dealings, being the exact corporate name recorded on the public register. In England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland this is the name on the register kept by the Registrar of Companies at Companies House; in Ireland it is the name on the Companies Registration Office (CRO) register. The term is used in legislation (notably the Companies Act 2006 (UK) and the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland)) and is often referred to as the company name. Key features include: uniqueness on the register; compliance with restrictions on sensitive or prohibited words; and...

UK Company Names Tribunal: objections, goodwill, defences, procedure, powers and appeals, with ECCTA 2023 reforms (CA 2006 ss 69–74)

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Establishment and function of the Company Names Tribunal

The Company Names Tribunal (the Tribunal) was set up under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Under CA 2006, s 69, a person may ask the Tribunal to object to a company’s registered name on the grounds that it is the same as, or sufficiently similar to, a name associated with the applicant in which it has goodwill. This Tribunal route operates alongside regulations that prohibit a company from choosing a name that is identical to, or too close to, one already registered by another company. companies house also enforces a range of other rules that limit the selection of company names. For further information, see Practice Note: Company names and business names.

Legislative framework: CA 2006, ss 69–74 create a right for any person to challenge a registered company or limited liability partnership (LLP) name. The Tribunal specifically handles applications under CA 2006, s 69(1)(a) and (b). The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008, SI 2008/1738 set out the basic procedural framework within which the Tribunal functions...

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Holly Strube

Penningtons Manches Cooper

Holly Strube is a Senior Associate in Penningtons Manches Cooper’s IP, IT and Commercial department. She graduated with an LLB from Warwick University, United Kingdom. She deals with soft IP contentious matters and branding strategy cases in the United Kingdom. Her areas of particular experience include trade mark infringement, design right infringement and copyright infringement matters before the High Court and Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court, as well as opposition, cancellation and revocation matters before the UKIPO and EUIPO. Her practice includes both litigation and commercial advice in these areas....

Ollie Simpson

Penningtons Manches Cooper

Ollie is an Associate in the IP, IT & Commercial department, based in London. He assists a broad range of clients on a variety of matters, including commercial agreements, data protection, intellectual property, and advertising and marketing law. In particular, Ollie assists with drafting and advising on non-disclosure agreements, master services agreements, statements of works, and terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services. He also has experience in advising on privacy policies, cookie policies, and data protection impact assessments, as well as assisting with the protection, management and enforcement of trade marks and other intellectual property rights, both in the UK and internationally. Ollie has a particular interest in advising clients on their compliance with the advertising regulations in the UK....

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