2006 New York Code - Use Of Name Or Address With Intent To Deceive.



 
    § 133. Use of name or address with intent to deceive.  No person, firm
  or  corporation  shall,  with  intent  to deceive or mislead the public,
  assume, adopt or use as, or as part of, a corporate,  assumed  or  trade
  name,  for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade, or for any
  other purpose,  any  name,  designation  or  style,  or  any  symbol  or
  simulation  thereof, or a part of any name, designation or style, or any
  symbol or simulation thereof, which may deceive or mislead the public as
  to the identity of such  person,  firm  or  corporation  or  as  to  the
  connection  of  such  person, firm or corporation with any other person,
  firm or corporation; nor shall any person,  firm  or  corporation,  with
  like  intent,  adopt  or  use as, or as part of, a corporate, assumed or
  trade name, for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of  trade,  or
  for  any  other  purpose,  any address or designation of location in the
  community which may deceive or mislead the public as to the true address
  or location of such person, firm or corporation.   A violation  of  this
  section  shall  be  a  misdemeanor. Whenever there shall be an actual or
  threatened violation of this section, an application may be  made  to  a
  court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice
  to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain such
  actual   or  threatened  violation;  and  if  it  shall  appear  to  the
  satisfaction of the court or justice  that  the  defendant  is  in  fact
  assuming,  adopting  or using such name, or is about to assume, adopt or
  use such name, and that the assumption, adoption or use of such name may
  deceive or mislead the public, an injunction may be issued by said court
  or  justice,  enjoining  and  restraining  such  actual  or   threatened
  violation  without  requiring  proof  that  any  person has in fact been
  deceived or misled thereby.

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