Subdivision 1. Certificate. No person shall hereafter carry on or conduct or transact a commercial business in this state under any designation, name, or style, which does not set forth the true name of every person interested in such business unless such person shall file in the Office of the Secretary of State, a certificate setting forth the name and business address under which the business is conducted or transacted, or is to be conducted or transacted, and the true name of each person conducting or transacting the same, with the address of such person. The name of the business must not include any of the following phrases or their abbreviations: corporation, incorporated, limited, chartered, professional association, cooperative, limited partnership, limited liability company, professional limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or professional limited liability partnership, except to the extent that an entity filing a certificate would be authorized to use the phrase or abbreviation. The certificate shall be executed by one of the persons conducting, or intending to conduct, the business. The certificate shall be published after it has been filed with the secretary of state in a qualified newspaper in the county in which the person has a principal or registered office for two successive issues.
Subd. 2. Intentional misrepresentation prohibited. No person shall use an assumed or fictitious name in the conduct of its business to intentionally misrepresent its geographic origin or location.
(7346) 1911 c 271 s 1; 1959 c 658 s 1; 1978 c 698 s 2; 1984 c 618 s 39; 1988 c 682 s 43; 1995 c 128 art 3 s 22; 1997 c 222 s 53; 1999 c 133 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 333 — Assumed Names, Insignia, And Marks
Section 333.001 — Definitions.
Section 333.01 — Commercial Assumed Names.
Section 333.02 — Filing Of Certificate.
Section 333.035 — Amendment Of Certificate.
Section 333.04 — Secretary Of State; Duties, Fees.
Section 333.055 — Term Of Certificate.
Section 333.06 — Pleading Failure To File Certificate; Costs.
Section 333.065 — Penalty For Violation.
Section 333.07 — Lodges, Societies And The Like May Register.
Section 333.09 — Secretary Of State To Keep Record And Index.
Section 333.10 — Duplicates Not Registered.
Section 333.11 — Issuance Of Certificates.
Section 333.13 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 333.135 — Improper Use Of Insignia.
Section 333.14 — Unauthorized Use Is A Crime.
Section 333.15 — Threatened Use May Be Restrained.
Section 333.16 — Vested Rights Not Affected.
Section 333.19 — Unregistrable Matter; Collective And Certification Marks.
Section 333.21 — Certificate Of Registration.
Section 333.22 — Term Of Registration.
Section 333.23 — Conveyances Of Marks; Recordation, Fee, Necessity.
Section 333.24 — Secretary Of State's Record Of Marks.
Section 333.25 — Cancellation Of Marks.
Section 333.26 — Must Use U.s. Patent And Trademark Office System.
Section 333.27 — Improper Registration; Liability.
Section 333.28 — Identical Or Similar Marks; Liability For Misuse.
Section 333.285 — Dilution Of Distinctive Famous Mark May Be Enjoined.
Section 333.30 — Marks Acquired At Common Law.
Section 333.305 — Forum Is District Court; Service On Nonresident Registrant.
Section 333.31 — Service Of Process Upon Nonresident Registrants.
Section 333.40 — Trademark; When Deemed Affixed.
Section 333.41 — Trademarks Of Workers' Unions.
Section 333.42 — Counterfeiting Or Dealing In Counterfeits; How Punished.
Section 333.43 — Registration.
Section 333.44 — Fraudulent Registration Or Use; Penalty.
Section 333.45 — Illegal Use Of Certificate Of Registration.