Canada Business Corporations Regulations, 2001

29 For the purpose of paragraph 12(1)(a) of the Act, a corporate name that contains a word that is the same as or similar to the distinctive element of an existing trade-mark, official mark or trade-name and is confusing with one or another of the distinctive elements is prohibited, unless the person who owns the trade-mark, official mark, or trade-name consents in writing to the use of the corporate name, and the name is not otherwise prohibited.