Chapter 24 - Business Names
CHAPTER 24 - BUSINESS NAMES
17-24-101. Business entity name; limited rights.
(a) The authorization granted under this title by the secretaryof state to file articles of incorporation, a certificate of limitedpartnership, articles of organization, a certificate of trust or other similardocument authorizing the transaction of business in this state under acorporate, limited partnership, limited liability company, statutory trust or otherbusiness entity name or to reserve a name does not:
(i) Abrogate or limit the law governing unfair competition orunfair trade practices;
(ii) Derogate from the common law the principles of equity orthe statutes of this state or of the United States with respect to the right toacquire and protect names and trademarks; or
(iii) Create an exclusive right in geographic or generic termscontained within a name.