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Dominion (with expansions) and contract bridge seem to be my mainstays lately (with some Catan thrown in). Wondering what non-computerized board & card games others are enjoying these days.

Let's say I want to start a company named "Panacea" (this is not the actual name I want, just using it as an example). Say I want to form an LLC and leave open the possibility of switching to a Corporation down the road.

From a quick google search, there already exists: "Panacea Pharmaceuticals" "Panacea-BOCAF" education focused non-profit "Panacea University" "Panacea Clinical Research" "Panacea Consulting Inc" ... probably some others.

Assuming that there are not specifically any "Panacea Software LLC"s out there, would I be able to register that name and legally do business with it?

What are the rules regarding picking a company name? Is it legit to append "Software" or "Technologies" to the end of a name if there is already a corporation with that name in some other field?