PROHIBITION ON USE OF NAMES OF FOREIGN STATES IN A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION’S NAME, AS WELL AS WORDS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM SUCH NAMES

The article is devoted to the consideration of one of the prohibitions enshrined in civil law (clauses 1 to 4 of article 1473 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) regarding the use of names of foreign states in a business organization’s name, as well as words that are derived from such names. The author analyzes the legal regulation of this issue and comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to amend the current legislation in order to fill the gap in the law. The article also analyzes the jurisprudence regarding the consequences of violating the ban. The analysis is carried out and the sequence of actions of the tax authority is revealed in case of violation of the prohibition in question, both during the registration of the organization upon creation and after making an entry in the register. The provisions formulated in the article disclose and develop the idea of the corporate name of a legal entity; the author identifies problems in the law enforcement sphere and in judicial practice; also suggested ways to improve legislation in this area of legal relations.

legal entity, commercial organization, company name, name of a foreign state and words derived from it, state registration of a legal entity