You can incorporate federally with a number, which is fast, or you can get a “name” name. We've never come out with a good explanation for that one. The requirement, if you're going to use a “name” name, is that you have it approved to make sure it's not confusing yours with anybody else's name. You're required to do a NUANS search and submit certain information to us. Any member of the public has access to the NUANS site and can go online and do a search. There's a $20 charge; they can get the search themselves. You can submit the information, such as the NUANS search and information about the company, to us in advance of sending the incorporation documents and ask us for pre-approval of a name. If we pre-approve the name and give you back the letter, it has the number, and when you come back online again, you put the number in there, and again you can go through it quite quickly. Or you can also ask for a name to be approved when you submit the actual incorporation documents.
On November 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.