Consent of Trade Mark or Trade Name Owner to Use of Name | Canada

Adopt any pre-incorporation contracts signed by a principal of a Canadian corporation on behalf of the company with this free template Directors' Resolution form.

• The Board of Directors resolve to adopt any contracts entered into by the authorized signing authority on behalf of the corporation prior to its incorporation.
• The corporation also releases the principal from any liability with respect to the contracts.
• It's common practice for a corporate insider to sign contracts prior to incorporating. This Directors' Resolution binds the corporation by the terms of the contracts as if it had signed on its own behalf.
• This form can be used by any corporation incorporated under a Business Corporations Act, whether under federal or provincial law. Not for use in Quebec.

Do you plan to incorporate a business corporation in Canada? Use this free Incorporation Checklist to help you prepare the necessary documents to organize the corporation.

• The Incorporation Checklist will help you gather all the required information, such as:
  • names and addresses of initial directors and shareholders
  • classes of authorized shares
  • jurisdiction (province) in which the company will be incorporated
  • registered and records office addresses
  • fiscal year end
  • other relevant information necessary to help you complete the forms.
• This free checklist form is provided in MS Word format, and is easy to download, fill in and print.
• Intended for use in Canada.

Give consent for a new company to incorporate under a specific name with this free Consent of Corporation to Use of Name.

• An existing corporation must consent to the use of a similar name by a related entity which is being incorporated.
• The existing corporation also undertakes to dissolve shortly thereafter.
• This is a free form in MS Word format.

Starting up a new company that has your name as part of the corporate name? You'll need to sign a Consent Form for the company to use your name.

• The consent is given by an individual who is a principal (shareholder, director, etc), allowing the corporation to use his or her personal name as part of the name it incorporates under.
• The individual also discloses that he or she has a material interest in the new company.
• This is a downloadable free form in MS Word format.

Draft up a Pre-Incorporation Agreement between the incorporators of a new company with this easy-to-use template, which sets out:

• how shares of stock will be issued to each of the incorporators,
• what the consideration for the stock will be,
• each incorporator agrees not to sell or transfer any shares without first offering the shares to the corporation and to the other shareholders, who have right of first refusal,
• the incorporators agree to employ one of the parties as manager of the business of the corporation.

This Pre-Incorporation Agreement template is provided as a fully customizable Microsoft Word document.