Consent Form to Use Corporate Name

Trying to decide on the best name for your new business? Use this free worksheet to record the pros and cons of each of your choices.

A suitable business name should be meaningful, and appropriate for your target market. It should be a name reflects the character of your business and the products or services you provide.

The worksheet allows you to:

1. list several names that appeal to you,
2. answer some questions about each name, and
3. help you narrow your choice to a memorable and catchy name that will brand your company in a positive way with the public.

This free Business Name Worksheet is available as a downloadable Word file which is fully editable.

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.

Give consent for a new company to use a name similar to your trade mark with this free Canada Consent of Trade Mark or Trade Name Owner to Use of Name.

• The consent is required when a corporate name chosen for a new incorporation is deemed to be substantially similar to an existing trade mark or trade name.
• The owner of the existing trade mark or trade name (who is also a principal of the new company) must consent in writing to the use of the name.
• The Consent Form is then filed together with the Articles of Incorporation for the new company.
• This free Canada Consent of Trade Mark or Trade Name Owner to Use of Name form is available in MS Word format.

Don't leave your customers wondering what happened. Send them a notification if you've changed your business name or management.

• The Notices are written in a business letter format.
• Two Notice Forms are enclosed:
  • The first one is for a business name change with no changes to management.
  • The second is for a management change following a buy-out of one partner's interest by another.
• These letter templates are provided in MS Word format and are fully editable. You can print them on your letterhead and personalize them for your special clients.

Take a declaration from a person who has changed their name with this Statutory Declaration form for UK residents.

• The declarant renounces and abandons all use of their former name and assumes their new name for all purposes.
• The new name is to be used in substitution for the old name in all transactions and on all documents.
• Made under the Statutory Declarations Act.
• Intended for use only in the United Kingdom.