---------- > From: Tom Minchin <tom§iacom.com.au> > To: dns§intiaa.asn.au > Subject: Re: DNS: Re: Domain Names - .COM - what a DNA can fear/expect. eventually - forinterest. > Date: Friday, 6 December 1996 9:56 > > > Simon Hackett Wrote: > > > > > > > >Fry's fights for 'Frys' > > > > > > > >Electronics giant sues Frenchy Frys owner for rights to domain name > > > > > > What if we were to make it a condition of registering under iether 2ld that > > the prospective domain names under different 2ld's - ie frys.com.au, and > > frys.biz.au be owned by entirely different corporations? > > This gives the ability for more than one to have the domain they want > > (within reason), and not have to fight for it. > > What will happen is "widget.com.au" will sue "widget.biz.au" (a newcomer) > for diluted their name. What most of the court battles in the US have been > about is the actual name (ie "widget"), not the domain extension (".com.au"). > > Do you really think Telstra's Fish and Chip Shop (lovely lady) can have > the domain "telstra.biz.au" without a visit from the dogs of law? > > Having biz.au will allow more identical names, however, it'll sure open > up a great gold mine for lawyers ("(s)he's using your good name and reputation > without your permission!"). I wonder if there will be an iinet.biz.au and > an internode.biz.au - and who will register them. > > tom§iacom.com.au Yes, true, but if the person registering the name has a Valid Business Registration with ASC (corp affairs or whatever) with the respective name, - The big guy is gonna sue them for using the corporate name all round, not just because he has the same name in the .biz.au domain. Also if it is a Policy of the 2ld, that the same entity cannot register BOTH bob.biz.au AND bob.com.au, only one or the other, AND as a prerequisite they MUST be holders of the VALID & CURRENT Business Name relating to the particluar domain. Try and register the name Telstra Fish & Chip shop with the ASC, - i think you will have some major problems with that somewhere. Thererfore - No Registered Business Name, No DNS NameReceived on Fri Dec 06 1996 - 13:03:54 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:02 UTC