(a) A person conducting a business may register its name if the name is distinguishable on the records of the department from the name of any other organized entity and from a reserved or registered name. In this subsection,

1. (1) “organized entity” means

   1. (A) a corporation under AS 10.06;
   2. (B) a foreign corporation authorized under AS 10.06 to transact business in this state;
   3. (C) a BIDCO licensed under AS 10.13;
   4. (D) a cooperative organized under AS 10.15;
   5. (E) a foreign cooperative under AS 10.15 that is authorized under AS 10.06 to do business in this state;
   6. (F) a nonprofit corporation organized under AS 10.20;
   7. (G) a nonprofit foreign corporation authorized under AS 10.20 to transact business in this state;
   8. (H) a cooperative organized under AS 10.25;
   9. (I) a religious corporation formed under AS 10.40;
   10. (J) a professional corporation organized under AS 10.45;
   11. (K) a limited liability company organized under AS 10.50;
   12. (L) a foreign limited liability company registered under AS 10.50;
   13. (M) a registered limited liability partnership under AS 32.06;
   14. (N) a foreign limited liability partnership registered under AS 32.06;
   15. (O) a limited partnership formed under AS 32.11; or
   16. (P) a foreign limited partnership registered under AS 32.11;
2. (2) “reserved or registered name” means a name reserved or registered under this chapter, AS 10.06, AS 10.50, AS 32.06, or AS 32.11.

(b) Registration of a name gives the person who has registered the name the exclusive right to the use of the name. A person who has registered a name under this chapter

1. (1) may enjoin the use by another person of a name that is not distinguishable on the records of the department from the registered name;
2. (2) has a cause of action for damages against another person who uses a name that is not distinguishable on the records of the department from the registered name.