§ 3002. Corporate name; exceptions. 1. Any reference to a corporation
in this section shall include both corporations and foreign
corporations.

2. The provisions of section three thousand one:

(a) Shall not require any corporation, existing or licensed under this
chapter on the effective date of this article, to add to, modify or
otherwise change its corporate name.

(b) Shall not prevent a corporation with which another corporation is
merged or which is formed by the reorganization or consolidation of one
or more other corporations or upon a sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of all or substantially all the assets of another
corporation, including its name, from having the same name as any of
such corporations if at the time such other corporation was licensed or
existing under this chapter.