Punctuation differences are not enough to register a name in the us, or at least in the jurisdictions here I’m aware of.
> On Jun 4, 2018, at 1:04 AM, Ryan Hurst via dev-security-policy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I apologize, I originally wrote in haste and did not clearly state what I > was suggesting. > > Specifically, while it is typical for a given jurisdiction (state, etc) to > require a name to be unique, it is typically not a requirement for it to > not be so unique that it can not be confused for another name. For example, > I have seen businesses registered with punctuation and without; I have also > seen non-latin characters in use in business names this clearly has the > potential to introduce name confusion. > > Ryan > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:55 PM, Matthew Hardeman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Ryan Hurst via dev-security-policy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> re: Most of the government offices responsible for approving entity >>> creation are concerned first and foremost with ensuring that a unique name >>> within their jurisdiction is chosen >>> >>> What makes you say that, most jurisdictions have no such requirement. >>> >>> >> This was anecdotal, based on my own experience with formation of various >> limited liability entities in several US states. >> >> Even my own state of Alabama, for example, (typically regarded as pretty >> backwards) has strong policies and procedures in place for this. >> >> In Alabama, formation of a limited liability entity whether a Corporation >> or LLC, etc, begins with a filing in the relevant county probate court of >> an Articles of Incorporation, Articles or Organization, trust formation >> documents, or similar. As part of the mandatory filing package for those >> document types, a name reservation certificate (which will be validated by >> the probate court) from the Alabama Secretary of State will be required. >> The filer must obtain those directly from the appropriate office of the >> Alabama Secretary of State. (It can be done online, with a credit card. >> The system enforces entity name uniqueness.) >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-security-policy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy _______________________________________________ dev-security-policy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy
