Under US federal law, two companies are allowed to share the same name providing their uses are not similar.

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The brewery's retail director Philip Lay said it would be modelled on its Mediterranean-themed Grape and Olive venue in Cardiff and will share the same name.

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The common family name of Lee is often spelled Rhee, Ri or Yi (meaning opposition leader Lee Hoi Chang, South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee, North Korean basketball star Ri Myong Hun and 16th-century naval hero Yi Sun Shin all share the same family name).

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Khost is a city in a province of the same name that borders Pakistan and has endured its share of violence during the Afghan War.

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While building Windows 8 and WP8, Microsoft ensured that they both share the same kernel and therefore inherit the same rich feature set that has made Windows a household name in the PC industry.

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