In what circumstances will a business owner be able to continue using the same name as his business name?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tower Paint & Laboratories Ltd. v. 126019 Entreprises Ltd. (Stainco Edmonton), 1983 CanLII 1062 (AB QB):
In Cameron v. Tyler, [1899] 2 Q.B.D. 94 at 96 (D.C.), Channell J. states: The general law of this country is that a man may use any name he chooses to carry on his business …
In Edwards v. Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great Britain, [1910] 2 K.B. 766 (D.C.), Lord Alverstone C.J. points out that “persons constantly carry on business under other names than their own”.
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