Rule 19 - Similar or Resembling Name of limited liability partnership - Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009

19 1 [ (1) A limited liability partnership or a company or a proprietor of a registered trade mark under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999) which already has a name or trade mark which is similar to or which too nearly resembles the name or new name of a limited liability partnership incorporated subsequently, may apply to the Regional Director in Form 23 to give a direction to that limited liability partnership incorporated subsequently to change its name or new name, as the case may be: Provided that an application of the proprietor of the registered trade mark shall be maintainable within a period of three years from the date of incorporation or registration or change of name of limited liability partnership under the Act. ] (2) The application under sub-rule (1) shall state - (i) the LLPIN of limited liability partnership, or the CIN of the company or the registration number of the other entity as the case may be; (ii) the name with which the limited liability partnership or the company or any other entity was incorporated or registered; (iii) the grounds of objection to the name of the limited liability partnership incorporated subsequently. (3) The application shall be verified by the person making it. 2 [ (4) The person making the application shall attach a copy of the incorporation certificate of the limited liability partnership or the company or the registration certification of the entity, as the case may be. ] (5) The application shall be accompanied by a fee as mentioned in Annexure 'A'. ************** NOTES:- 1. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 109(E) dated 11-02-2022 w.e.f. 01-04-2022 before it was read as (1) A limited liability partnership or a body corporate or any other entity which already has a name which is similar to or which too nearly resembles the name of a limited liability partnership incorporated subsequently, may apply to the Registrar in Form 23 to give a direction to that limited liability partnership incorporated subsequently to change its name. 2. Substituted vide Notification No. G.S.R. 173(E) dated 04-03-2022 before it was read as (4) The person making the application shall attach - (a) the authority under which he is making such an application; (b) a copy of the incorporation certificate of the limited liability partnership or the company or the registration certificate of the entity, as the case may be,