well, I mean, initially, maybe it was generic and it lapsed and some one
nabbed it. Once a generic domain is licenced to a company, it's no longer
generic (i think!) and yeah, maybe a NAB did had to take them to court to
get it back. I've looked for articles on it but haven't found much at all
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathanael Boehm" <cybsnoop&#167;tpg.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia


> So in that case - if the scenario was that the registration lapsed and
> someone else nabbed it - then in theory NAB doesn't have any rights to the
> name cause it's generic.
>
> I'm confused - I think I better go see what I can find on this
> national.com.au thing you mentioned.
>
>  - SnooP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dax <shayemaree&#167;bigpond.com>
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia
>
>
> > I would have thought "national.com.au" would have been reserved as a
> generic
> > domain !? I'd say it was and they bid for it.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nathanael Boehm" <cybsnoop&#167;tpg.com.au>
> > To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia
> >
> >
> > > I was just thinking - why did the NAB get national.com.au ? I mean -
> I've
> > > never heard of the issue you just mentioned - and it's possible that
NAB
> > may
> > > have had to take the ppl who "stole" it to court or something to get
it
> ..
> > > no idea.
> > >
> > > But - why, how can NAB register something generic like "national" as a
> > > business? The name of the company is .... *goes looking for it*
> > >
> > > ... damn, I can't even find it on the ASIC db...
> > >
> > > Ok, here it is - from the NAB site: National Australia Bank Limited
> > >
> > > Doesn't make sense. Anyway - getting off the topic...
> > >
> > >  - SnooP
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Dax <shayemaree&#167;bigpond.com>
> > > To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:25 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia
> > >
> > >
> > > > One of the faxes refers to www.national.com.au being lost by the
> nationa
> > > > bank 'don't let what happened to the National Australia bank happen
to
> > > you'
> > > > [paraphrasing]
> > > > Did this happen a while ago?? because the web site still belongs to
> the
> > > > National bank ?!?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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