[ncc-services-wg] Issue with membership/registering resources with a german GmbH & Co. KG

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 at velea.eu>, 
>Elvis Daniel Velea <elvis at 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