(a) The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-2-103
Foreign limited partnership: includes a partnership formed under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Tennessee and having as partners one (1) or more general partners and one (1) or more limited partners. See Tennessee Code 61-2-101
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Person: means a natural person, a foreign or domestic partnership (whether general or limited), trust, estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity. See Tennessee Code 61-2-101
signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Any person intending to organize a limited partnership under this chapter and to adopt that name;(2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited partnership registered in the state of Tennessee which, in either case, intends to adopt that name;(3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to register in the state of Tennessee and to adopt that name; and(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have it registered in the state of Tennessee and to adopt that name.(b) The reservation of a specified name shall be made by a person filing with the secretary of state an application, executed by the applicant, which may be either a signed copy, specifying the name to be reserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the secretary of state finds that the name applied for meets the requirements of § 61-2-102 and is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited partnership, he shall reserve the name for the applicant’s exclusive use for a nonrenewable four-month period. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing with the secretary of state a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee. The reservation of a specified name may be cancelled by filing with the secretary of state a notice, executed by the applicant or transferee, specifying the name reservation to be cancelled and the name and address of the applicant or transferee.
