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Federal Name Registration - Tips on Ordering a Canada Name Search |
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Written by Holly Crosgrey
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Saturday, 28 November 2009 08:30 |
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In order to incorporate a federal company in Canada the articles must be accompanied by a Canada Business Search which is sometimes called a Federal Nuans Name Search or Canada Name Search.
by HollyCrosgrey
In order to incorporate a federal company in Canada the articles must be accompanied by a Canada Business Search which is sometimes called a Federal Nuans Name Search or Canada Name Search.
Industry Canada's objective for federal companies is to ensure that the name is clear right across Canada. Industry Canada has to be sure that any company name put in front of them is not a conflict for any other name already granted to another company in Canada.
Your name will be looked over by the federal government very carefully. The government has a policy called Name Granting Guidelines which has a complete breakdown of how Industry Canada picks a name. Unless you have training you would not be able to weed out the names on a search that would be a problem for getting your name accepted.
You will save yourself trouble and time if you have a search house do a preliminary name search first. It is a good idea to have a search house perform this kind of search because when submitting a name to Industry Canada they will not allow you to register the name if it is remotely close to another name already registered and even names that sound the same will be a conflict.
A registered search house has the experience to weed out these types of conflicts. If a preliminary name search is not done on a proposed name for a federal government and the federal government find a conflict, your name will rejected and you will need to order another federal name search. It can go on forever so it is better to try and weed out as many conflicting names as possible.
You can have Industry Canada pre-clear your name for you so that when your articles are filed you will know in advance that the name will be accepted. This report is called a Federal Name Decision. You must give the federal government a federal name search in order for them to consider approving your name in advance. Therefore you must do a preliminary name search before ordering this Canada name search to be sure the name is as clear as possible.
The federal government is extremely careful when it scrutinizes a federal nuans name search report and there really is no guarantee your name will be accepted but an experienced search house can help reduce the likelihood of a rejection.
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