Small Business Naming Convention

squidkai1

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Got a random question about naming my business.

If I want to make my name similar to someone else's and I want to just change the last letter to a Z instead of an S, would this be an issue when I go to register it as an LLC?

Example: Competition has solutions in their name, and I want solutionz lol.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

carlikito

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I think it would be best if you contact the corresponding agency and ask them directly, as different countries/states have different rules.

 

poweronics

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Why are you sticking with the word solutions?
You can use a synonym can't you?

 

squidkai1

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Absolutely,

I just liked the business name and it included the word solutions in it and wanted to twist it a bit.

poweronics said:

Why are you sticking with the word solutions?
You can use a synonym can't you?

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webcatpl

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If their name is not trademarked/copyrighted you will be fine. Changing solutions to solutionz seems OK, unless the first word is very unique.

 

Bloghat

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meh - If you need this for a real business, come up with something more creative. Everyone will see, where you got your idea from, could backfire on you.

 

squidkai1

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Thanks for the information! I believe it is time to brainstorm and come up with something unique like you all suggested.

Appreciate the assistance.

 

flexpaydude

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In my state the SOS office are sticklers and this wouldn't fly.