N.Y. General Business Law § 133: Use of name or address with intent to deceive

§ 133. Use of name or address with intent to deceive. No person, firm

or corporation shall, with intent to deceive or mislead the public,

assume, adopt or use as, or as part of, a corporate, assumed or trade

name, for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade, or for any

other purpose, any name, designation or style, or any symbol or

simulation thereof, or a part of any name, designation or style, or any

symbol or simulation thereof, which may deceive or mislead the public as

to the identity of such person, firm or corporation or as to the

connection of such person, firm or corporation with any other person,

firm or corporation; nor shall any person, firm or corporation, with

like intent, adopt or use as, or as part of, a corporate, assumed or

trade name, for advertising purposes, or for the purposes of trade, or

for any other purpose, any address or designation of location in the

community which may deceive or mislead the public as to the true address

or location of such person, firm or corporation. A violation of this

section shall be a misdemeanor. Whenever there shall be an actual or

threatened violation of this section, an application may be made to a

court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice

to the defendant of not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain such

actual or threatened violation; and if it shall appear to the

satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant is in fact

assuming, adopting or using such name, or is about to assume, adopt or

use such name, and that the assumption, adoption or use of such name may

deceive or mislead the public, an injunction may be issued by said court

or justice, enjoining and restraining such actual or threatened

violation without requiring proof that any person has in fact been

deceived or misled thereby.