It doesn't matter weather they infringe on a trademark or not, the criteria
for registering .au names (new policy) is that a trademark is *one* of the
accepted means...  ( I hope that made sense)

Hence, I have a registered trademark that is being directly infringed on in
com.au, if I want to recover it, I will have to take legal action (According
to Chris D.)  because the auDRP takes, oh lets say an ABN, in the same light
as a Registered Trademark...  (If I interpreted Chris' email properly)

Does Intellectual *Property* mean anything these days ?

So, essentially, if I am correct, it doesn't matter weather they check
ATMOSS or not, if they have a ABN or RBN or something other than a
trademark, they will be accepted anyway...

That might be a little off track, but I think it is an issue that needs to
be addressed too...



Kenneth Brownsmith
kb§kb.au.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Brown" <abrown&#167;golook.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;auda.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: [DNS] Domain Names & Trade Marks


> With the changing of the Domain Eligibility criteria to include Trade
Marks.
> What requirements if any will be placed on registrars to check the ATMOSS
> data base, to ensure that domain applicants are not infringing a trade
mark.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Adrian Brown
>
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