I've spoken to may Trademark lawyers and they have all expressed concerns in
the same regard.

Regards
James Austin

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gary R Oliver <gary.oliver&#167;ooo.com.au>
To: dns&#167;iia.net.au <dns§iia.net.au>
Date: Saturday, 16 May 1998 6:02
Subject: Re: DNS: Prospective new domains (tm.au) & (pr.au)


>I agree entirely and bought it up at the time however the trademark
>obsessed jugggernaut won't be stopped. As you say all they doing is
>creating a parallel sphere with exactly the same arbitration problems, no
>doubt resolved by the shallow approach of first come first served.
>
>Warm regards
>Gary
>
>At 11:49 16/05/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>In my opinion the idea being proposed by ADNA and Professor Gerrand to add
>two new domains being tm.au and pr.au is not wise. The current problem with
>>com.au is that business are finding it hard to register their trademarks
>and product names. I don't understand the reason why Melbourne IT will not
>allow this, as this is what there policy of "attempting to derive a domain
>name from the  commercial entities legal name is all about".
>>
>>If we assume that Melbourne IT is correct in not allowing certain
>tradenames under .com.au and we allow them to register under tm.au we are
>going to face
>>massive new problems.
>>
>>For those who do not understand trademarks, a company that owns a
>registered trademark only owns it with respect to certain type of goods and
>services. For
>>example Prince owns an Australian trademark for tennis racquets however a
>computer company also owns a  trademark called prince. How will it be
decided
>>who has the superior right to prince.tm.au? In most cases there will be
>more than 2 entities that own a registered trademark in respect of more
than 2
>>categories of goods thus the legal fights will be enormous.
>>Thus we are back to the same problems as we have under .com.au exceptworse
>because we are saying tm.au is reserved for trademarks, but whose trademark
>is it reserved for?
>>
>> Any comments would be appreciated..
>>
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