> Regarding the dispute over the domain buy.com.au they mention in the
article
>
>     "White said his client had registered the business name
>      in 1998 and the domain name buy.com.au in February 1999
>      with the intention of setting up an online auction site."
>
> Could someone tell me how a generic word such as "buy" got through INA's
> generic name policy. Actually while your at it the same applies for
> sold.com.au, auction.com.au and travel.com.au.

How about connect.com.au and other such names. It just happens that they
have a company or Business name in the same name as their application. If
you have claim to a name that is you run a company or Business they will
issue it.

They also have a policy about Peoples name and Surnames. I have this year
registered a domain name for a comapny of that same name which happens to be
the cust surname. They obtained the company in 96 but only have just in 2000
registered the domain name. That is also against INA policy execpt for the
fact of the Company Name.

That would be how they would get around INA's rules. They couldn't stop you
from starting up a company called Sanders Pty Ltd if there is not one
already setup. Then you could go and register sanders.com.au and they could
not stop you. As you have a legimitate reason for the name. Just a quick
example.

Thats my $0.02 worth.

David Uzzell
Saints PC Pty L:td


>
> Previously I thought that these domains must have been registered before
> the name policy was in place, but if what the article states is true
> somehow INA is letting registrations through that are against their
generic
> name policy.
>
> Does anyone know how this is happening ?
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