New Jersey § 42:2a-6

§ 42:2a-6.

Name of limited partnership. a. The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited

partnership or the name of any foreign limited partnership applying for a certificate

of authority to transact business in this State: (1) Shall contain the words “limited partnership” or the abbreviation “L.P. , ” or “LP” ; (2) May not contain the name of a limited partner unless it is also the name of a

general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or the business

of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission

of that limited partner; (3) May not contain any word or phrase indicating or implying that it is organized

other than for a purpose stated in its certificate of limited partnership; (4) Shall be such to distinguish it upon the records in the office of the State Treasurer from the names of other domestic limited partnerships, foreign limited partnerships,

domestic profit corporations, foreign profit corporations, domestic nonprofit corporations,

and foreign nonprofit corporations or a current name reservation or a current name

registration unless there is filed a certified copy of a final judgment of a court

of competent jurisdiction establishing the prior right of the limited partnership

to the use of the name in this State; (5) Shall not contain any word or phrase, or any abbreviation or derivative thereof,

the use of which is prohibited or restricted by any other statutes of this State,

unless the restrictions have been complied with. b. This section shall not require any domestic limited partnership organized prior

to April 1, 1985 to change its name in accordance with this section, if the name is

otherwise lawful on March 31, 1985. A limited partnership or foreign limited partnership transacting business in this

State shall not change its limited partnership name on or after the effective date

of P.L.1988, c. 130 to a name which is not available for limited partnership use under this chapter. c. If the name of a foreign limited partnership is not available for use in this State

because of paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection a., the limited partnership may

be authorized to transact business in this State under an assumed name by filing in

the office of the State Treasurer with its application for an original or amended certificate of authority a certificate

of its general partner adopting the assumed name for use in transacting business in

this State. d. The limited partnership name of a domestic limited partnership whose certificate

of limited partnership has been cancelled, the limited partnership name of a foreign

limited partnership whose certificate of limited partnership has been cancelled or

withdrawn, and the corporate name of any profit or nonprofit corporation which has

been dissolved and any name confusingly similar to the name of a foreign limited partnership

whose certificate of limited partnership has been cancelled or withdrawn, domestic

limited partnership or profit or nonprofit corporation which has been dissolved or

which has been terminated shall not be available for foreign or domestic limited partnership

use for two years after the effective time of cancellation, withdrawal or termination,

unless, within the two-year period, the written consent of the dissolved, withdrawn

or cancelled domestic or foreign limited partnership or corporation to the adoption

of its name, or a confusingly similar name, is filed in the office of the State Treasurer with the certificate of limited partnership of the new proposed domestic limited

partnership or with the application of a foreign limited partnership for an original

or amended certificate of authority to transact business in this State. e. The filing in the office of the State Treasurer of the certificate of limited partnership of a domestic limited partnership or the

issuance by the State Treasurer of a certificate to a foreign limited partnership authorizing it to transact business

in this State shall not preclude an action by this State to enjoin a violation of

this section or any action by any person adversely affected to enjoin the violation

or the use of a limited partnership name in violation of the rights of that person,

whether on principles of unfair competition or otherwise, and the court may grant

any other appropriate relief in the action.