This discussion seems to be about creating more domain real estate under
.au, but only for folks with "rights", like trademark owners and
"product" owners.  I still don't see where the needs of folks who want a
nice name quick and cheap are getting addressed.

Also, what's with the dns§intiaa.asn.au vs. dns§iia.net.au?

Leni.

mark.hughes§ccamatil.com wrote:

> Robert wrote:
>
> >As a data point, I'm told that there are some 80 registrations for
> >the word 'Genesis' in only one of the 42 Nice trademark classes in
> >the United States alone. That gives you an idea of the necessary
> >type of minimum granularity you would need to directly map
> >trademarks (80 * 42) into an explicit DNS ...structure.
>
> Robert, could you clarify this issue.  I was under the impression
> that a trademark could only be valid once in any one category - a
> total of 42 possible identical trademarks.  Your posting implies
> that there may be many identical trademarks within one category - is
> that correct?  I've just had another prowl thru the AIPO web site to
> find a definitive answer to this issue but have not found it.
>
> If there can be multiple trademark owners within one category then I
> can't see any workable proposal for a subset of the DNS to match
> trademarks.  But if there is only one trademark owner per category,
> and only five percent of trademarks exist in more than one category,
> then a subset of the DNS for trademarks may be workable.
> Whether its desirable is a separate issue.
>
> Regards, Mark
>
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