Rick,

>Why not an alpha mnemonic 3LD for .tm.au? 
>
>www.telstra.telecom.tm.au       (telecom being a specific TM division)
>www.mcdonalds.restaurant.tm.au  (restuarant being another)

www.ronald-mcdonald.restaurant.tm.au
www.grimace.restaurant.tm.au

I doubt it.

>www.mcdonalds.plumbing.tm.au    (etc.)
>www.mcdonalds.pharmacy.tm.au

This is great.  Almost.

>www.coke.food.tm.au             (Coca Cola is happy)

Probably not.  They have a number of Trademarks.

www.always.food.com.au		CocaCola is happier ... etc

>www.coke.mining.tm.au           (BHP might be happy if it has the tm)
>www.coke.drug.tm.au             (just kiddin')

>I s'pose this implies there will be about 1000 or so
>3LD's for .tm.au ... but at least with a tiny guess, you
>can locate any trademarked domain in .tm.au 

Again, far too many people are talking about trademarks without a knowledge
or understanding of how and what they are.  Other than the fact that are
some kind of Name Protection or Icon preotection.

Trademarks are a little more detailed and less generic than can be put into
a DOMAIN NAME.



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