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New york State.
I am president of a Automobile Vintage Racing Club and recently we had several members unhappy with club's agenda, form a seperate racing club. They have applied for and received an incorporation name that is a derevitive of our Incorporated name. Our organization's name is the "Midstate Vintage Stock Car Club and has operated as such since 1997. We book race dates in the states of New York, Penna. and the Canadian Provdence of Ontario. We are known through the print media by a column submitted to a weekly racing publication and have a known name on internet discussion groups and by our own website. The new entity has filed and received an Incorporation as the "Midstate Antique Stock Car Club" . We feel that the State of New York should not have granted to this organization an Incorporation name that is merely an synonym of our name and feel that said name will cause great confusion with our dealings with race track owners, the print and internet media, other vintage racing organizations, and will also confuse fans of our club. What legal recourse do we have ? Any pro-bono or free help available ?
New york State.
I am president of a Automobile Vintage Racing Club and recently we had several members unhappy with club's agenda, form a seperate racing club. They have applied for and received an incorporation name that is a derevitive of our Incorporated name. Our organization's name is the "Midstate Vintage Stock Car Club and has operated as such since 1997. We book race dates in the states of New York, Penna. and the Canadian Provdence of Ontario. We are known through the print media by a column submitted to a weekly racing publication and have a known name on internet discussion groups and by our own website. The new entity has filed and received an Incorporation as the "Midstate Antique Stock Car Club" . We feel that the State of New York should not have granted to this organization an Incorporation name that is merely an synonym of our name and feel that said name will cause great confusion with our dealings with race track owners, the print and internet media, other vintage racing organizations, and will also confuse fans of our club. What legal recourse do we have ? Any pro-bono or free help available ?