You would have to investigate whether that company has any intellectual 
property rights in the name in Australia, ie a registered trade mark (easy 
to ascertain - check on the IP Australia Trade Marks Database) or 'common 
law' trade mark (very hard to ascertain without spending $$$) - remembering 
that worldwide 'fame' in a trade mark sense can be grounds for bringing a 
trade mark infringement action, even if the so-called 'infringer' is using 
the trade mark on different goods or services (see Section 120 of the Trade 
Marks Act).

Meliza Smith

>From: Katie Halson Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au To: Subject: Re: [DNS] 
>INTERNET.COM.AU Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:39:04 +1100
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>I can think of many things to do with internet.com.au, after all we do 
>develop portals. The main concern (for all you legal people out there) is 
>if we successfully obtained internet.com.au and developed a portal under 
>that name and brand would we end up in legal proceedings from a large 
>international site of a similar name trying to take the name from us. Are 
>we protected by Australian Laws?
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>on 24/1/02 2:11 PM, Cyrille Lefevre at ginger-fish§scifi-art.com wrote:
>
> > Hi there, > > What would you want to do with internet.com.au that would 
>justify a large > amount of money ? > > > -c > > > -----Original 
>Message----- > From: Katie Halson [mailto:katie§bluedoor.com.au] > Sent: 
>Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:02 PM > To: dns§lists.auda.org.au > Subject: 
>[DNS] INTERNET.COM.AU > > > Hi everyone, > > It all seems quiet at the 
>moment I assume you are all busy applying for > domain names. I would be 
>interested to know how many applications have gone > through so far. Also 
>when would we expect the new Domain Name Policy to come > into effect, a 
>date would be nice. > > On the subject of value of generic domain names how 
>much would you pay for > Internet.com.au. My bid starts at $1000 AU > > > 
>Katie Halson > > > ----------------------------------------- > Blue Door 
>Multimedia > PO Box 410 > Clifton Hill > VIC 3068 > Australia > > Tel: +613 
>9381 0222 > Fax: +613 9381 0542 > Web: http://www.bluedoor.com.au > 
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