NUANS

NUANS (Newly Upgraded Automated Name Search) is a computerized search service in Canada for comparison of proposed corporate names or trademarks. In order to federally incorporate a company in Canada, a business owner must ensure that their proposed corporate name or trademark does not infringe on other intellectual property holders. A NUANS report is required for listing existing company names that closely match a proposed company name to identify potential name confusion.{{cite book|last1=Collier|first1=Marsha|last2=Summers|first2=Bill|title=Starting an eBay Business For Canadians For Dummies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZ3dOxqxHUcC&pg=PA288|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=2010-06-22|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780470677025|pages=288–}}{{cite book|last1=Knowles|first1=Ron|last2=Castillo|first2=Chris|title=Small Business: An Entrepreneur's Plan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NfVoA4YxcUC&pg=PA198|accessdate=29 May 2013|date=2010-11-15|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9780176501808|pages=198–}}{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/2011/04/26/name-game-is-fun-until-rules-come-into-play/|title=Name game is fun until rules come into play|last=Hasselback|first=Drew|date=April 26, 2011|work=Financial Post|accessdate=29 May 2013}}