At 11:35 AM 05/07/2002 +1000, Phil Wright wrote:
>One would generally expect that in general generic names would be harder to
>Trademark etc and perhaps claim under Common Law Mark too.  They would also
>be harder to register as a Pty Ltd company too!
>
>How about this scenario?  Only the company name is changed the rest is
>fact - *name* = semi-generic word
>
>Company registered as     *name*.com.au Pty Ltd
>Company trading under that name with goodwill and clients in Internet
>related businesses
>Company registers Trademark that includes protection of logo, the exact
>company name ie *name*.com.au and the text www.*name*.com.au and a catch
>phrase that in essence partly describes the business of the company and
>goods and services description.

Let me get this straight - you registered a business or company name of the 
form www.<genericname>.com.au *before* the generic names auction, when you 
had no guarantee you would obtain the corresponding domain name.

Now you want auDA to scare off other potential bidders for the domain name.

Tell us, did you register the business name before or after the generic 
auctions were announced?

Cheers

Paul Foxworthy


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