The statement is contradicted by American law and by my personal experience. The d/ba/ alias is a legal convenience in dealing with the public. It connects to a person who is (unless barred by law due e.g. to insanity) legally competent to contract. I sign contracts all the time on behalf of my d/b/a Cambridge Electronics Laboratories <www.camblab.com> Jeffrey Race On Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:47:50 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
In message <EE2F0323-5B68-4734-B5CE-0EA6CD47C88D@velea.eu>, Elvis Daniel Velea <elvis@velea.eu> wrote:
we have had a similar issue with customers from USA. Fictious names or d/b/as are not recognized by the RIPE NCC (although these are accepted by the rest of the world)...
In the United States fictitious business names are just what the name implies, i.e. the are (legal) fictions. They are simply legally sanctioned pseudonyms for some *actual* person or corporate entity. They CANNOT enter into legally binding contracts.
I am therefore not surprised that the NCC would not allow any such things to -pretend- that they could in fact enter into legally binding contracts. And I, for one, would be greatly disappointed if the NCC went around entering into contracts that are neither valid nor legally enforcable.
Regards, rfg