Jones v. Burlington Industries, Inc.

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• holding that an unregistered corporate trade name is to be regarded as a fictitious or personal business name, resulting in individual liability to the user
• “RBJ Textiles” and “RBJ Textiles, Inc.” were not misnomers of “RONJON, Inc.” in part because there was “substantial variance in name content” and the names “on their face appear to be completely separate legal entities”
• “RBJ Textiles” and “RBJ Textiles, Inc.” were not misnomers of “RONJON, Inc.” in part because there was “substantial variance in name content” and the names “on their face appear to be completely separate legal entities”
• “RBJ Textiles” and “RBJ Textiles, Inc.” were not misnomers of “RONJON, Inc.” in part because there was “substantial variance in name content” and the names “on their face appear to be completely separate legal entities”

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