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by tastroder 2461 days ago
> Why don’t you identify yourself online?

This got me googling a bit since I hate giving people my information that are not upfront with me about who they are.

Their trademark registration at http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4808:wpr... lists "(APPLICANT) ExhibitDay, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda MARYLAND 20852" as the address. I also found that address at several of these weird online company listing sites:

https://www.manta.com/c/mkxv6hz/exhibitday-inc http://ebusinesspages.com/ExhibitDay,-Inc._dziuo.co https://chevy-chase-md.opendi.us/E/93.html

That address seems to be a "virtual office" (aka paid fake address?) https://www.regus.ru/en-ru/virtual-office/united-states/mary... - definitely not signing up for that one.

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> That address seems to be a "virtual office" (aka paid fake address?)

A virtual office is basically coworking, except you have your own assigned space (you still share everything else like printers, meeting rooms, etc). They can accept mail at that address and probably go to work there, so it's not "fake" perse.

Ah okay, thanks. In that case I just haven't heard of that provider before, finding only that result didn't really inspire confidence.
From Wikipedia :

Regus CEO: Mark Dixon (Jun 1, 2010–) Revenue: 2.535 billion GBP (2018)