What legal questions do you have about IM?



I have a question. I am in the military and my home state is NJ, but I live in GA. My question is what state can I form my LLC?
 
mont7071 said:
Haven't read that one, but i've read similar ones and am familiar with shelf corporations. The unlocked SIMS/gift cards/international Paypal debit cards ideas get tossed around forums alot. Just remember, most of the peeps seeking this stuff have something to hide (tax, criminal, and divorce issues mainly) so the crowd it attracts to service them has alot of scamsters that know they can rip off most of these peeps and they'll never tell. Tread carefully, that is a tricky area. Ive known of people that have tried to go "off-grid" its not easy and takes alot of planning.

FTC stay outs of things going the other way outside US borders (US citizens doing funny stuff in other countries). UK and Australia have some similar rules/governing bodies in place though, so US citizens can still arise foreign gov't wrath, it cuts both ways.
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Expanding on this a bit, can the FTC do anything to someone living in the UK?
 
Hey Mont,

First off, I just want to say "thanks" for all of the great legal info you've provided in this thread.

Can you offer any insight into how & when companies can sue affiliates for bidding on their trademarked domain in their PPC campaigns and then showing ads for competing products/services?

Let's use the Geico example since the Geico vs. Google case is well known by many in our industry...

Say you are bidding on geico.com as one of our PPC campaign keywords, and promoting a "NetQuote" auto insurance offer. According to the Geico vs. Google case (Google vs. Geico Adwords Trademark Infringement Lawsuit), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
ruled that simply bidding on the term "geico.com" can not be considered to be a trademark infringement.

What advice (other than to contact their attorney) would you offer to someone who has recently received a notice of lawsuit from a company alleging trademark infringement for bidding on their domain as a keyword in their paid search campaigns? (note: the actual domain was not used in the PPC ads)

Thanks in advance for your input on this issue.
 
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