| | | A separate statement must be executed and delivered to the | | Secretary of State for filing with respect to each assumed or | | fictitious name that the corporation proposes to use. |
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| | | 5.__Compliance required.__An assumed or fictitious name must | | comply with the requirements of section 301-A. |
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| | | 6.__Enjoin use of assumed or fictitious name.__If a | | corporation uses an assumed or fictitious name without complying | | with the requirements of this section, the continued use of the | | assumed or fictitious name may be enjoined upon suit by the | | Attorney General or by any person adversely affected by the use | | of the assumed or fictitious name. |
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| | | 7.__Enjoin use despite compliance.__Notwithstanding its | | compliance with the requirements of this section, the use of an | | assumed or fictitious name may be enjoined upon suit of the | | Attorney General or of any person adversely affected by such use | | if: |
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| | | A.__The assumed or fictitious name did not, at the time the | | statement required by subsection 4 was filed, comply with | | the requirements of section 301-A; or |
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| | | B.__The assumed or fictitious name is not distinguishable on | | the records of the Secretary of State from a name in which | | the plaintiff has prior rights by virtue of the common law | | or statutory law of unfair competition, unfair trade | | practices, common law copyright or similar law. |
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| | | The filing of a statement pursuant to subsection 4 does not | | constitute actual use of the assumed or fictitious name set out | | in that statement for purposes of determining priority of rights. |
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| | | 8.__Terminate use of assumed or fictitious name.__A | | corporation may terminate an assumed or fictitious name by | | executing and delivering, in accordance with sections 104 and | | 106, a statement setting forth: |
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| | | A.__The name of the corporation and the address of its | | registered office; |
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| | | B.__That the corporation no longer intends to carry on | | activities under the assumed or fictitious name; and |
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| | | C.__The assumed or fictitious name the corporation intends | | to terminate. |
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| | | Sec. B-16. 13-B MRSA §404, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, | | Pt. L, §40, is further amended to read: |
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