Section 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.