Hello Doug,

The new names policy, which includes allowance for trademarks, is not yet in
effect.  It will be once the new registry system is completed.

The current names policy can be found here:
http://www.melbourneit.com.au/policies/comaupolicy.php3

Regards,
Bruce



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Robb [mailto:doug§clarity.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:35 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] Trade Mark Owners and .com.au 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> This week I applied for a .com.au domain with MelbourneIT
> for a domain name for my registered trademark and was
> refused on the basis of:
> 
> MIT> ### YOU DID NOT PROVIDE A VALID REGISTERED BUSINESS
> NUMBER (RBN)
> 
> My response will be: I am a trade mark owner, not a
> business.
> 
> 
> MIT> ### DOMAIN NAME IS NOT DIRECTLY DERIVED FROM THE
>      ORGANISATION NAME 
> 
> My Response: There is no requirement for a trademark to
> be directly derived from an organisation name. Quite simply
> an organisation name doesn't and needn't exist!
> 
> Before I respond to MelbourneIT can someone let me know the
> status of the current policy.  I thought the new policy was
> that trademark owners can register a .com.au domain based on
> their trade mark,
> 
> eg owner of trademark 'mymark' can apply for mymark.com.au
> as ownship of the trade mark is now a sufficient condition
> in itself to quality for a .com.au domain.
> 
> I certainly don't want to go through the charade and expense
> or registering yet another business name just to secure the
> .com.au to a name that I have obvious commercial
> rights/interests in (otherwise I wouldn't have gone to the
> trouble of getting a trademark in the first place!).
> 
> Any good advice for me?
> 
> regards doug
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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