Regulations Governing Review of Applications for Reservation of Corporate Names and Business Scopes Article 9

The specially given name in a corporate name shall not contain:1. The name of the Republic of China.2. The characters set forth in Subparagraphs 2 and 3, Paragraph 1, Article 6 of these Regulations.Characters that reflect any of the following shall not be used in a corporate name:1. Administrative office, service center, welfare center, activity center, development center, research center, farmers’ association, fishermen’s association, trade association, industrial union, institution, joint society, welfare society, cooperative, symposium, seminar, production or sales class, research institute, firm, social association, social club, mutual assistance association, service station, university, college, cultural relics gallery, community, temple, fund, association, charity, devotee, volunteer, judicial person of charitable corporation or foundation, or any name that may mislead the public to associate it with government agencies and powers thereof or public welfare organizations.2. Limited partnership or any other characters that are sufficient to indicate a limited partnership.3. Affiliate, business relations, relationship, group, alliance, franchise, or any other characters indicating a joint business operation.4. Characters that would be mistakenly thought to be relevant to the professional service scope of specialized technicians.5. Characters that would be mistakenly thought to be a business not operated by a profit-seeking enterprise.6. Any other characters deemed inappropriate by the competent authority in charge of the end-enterprise concerned.7. Characters having implications of offending against public order or good customs.
中文原文 公司名稱及業務預查審核準則第9條
公司之特取名稱不得使用下列文字:
一、我國國名。
二、第六條第一項第二款、第三款之文字。
公司之名稱不得使用下列文字:
一、管理處、服務中心、福利中心、活動中心、發展中心、研究中心、農會、漁會、公會、工會、機構、聯社、福利社、合作社、研習班、研習會、產銷班、研究所、事務所、聯誼社、聯誼會、互助會、服務站、大學、學院、文物館、社區、寺廟、基金會、協會、慈善、志工、義工、社團、財團法人或其他易於使人誤認為與政府機關及其職權範圍、公益團體有關之名稱。
二、有限合夥或其他類似有限合夥組織之文字。
三、關係企業、企業關係、關係、集團、聯盟、連鎖或其他表明企業結合之文字。
四、易使人誤認為與專門職業技術人員執業範圍有關之文字。
五、易使人誤認為性質上非屬營利事業之文字。
六、經目的事業主管機關認為不宜使用之文字。
七、妨害公共秩序或善良風俗之文字。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.