[Auugps] Request relating to our AUUG trading name

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Steve,

On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:24:43 +1000 steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> The DNS name “auug.com.au” is already registered to Joshua and “Triplethink”,
> though the webpage says it’s “parked”.  I’m not sure how he managed that
> under the Australian Rules for ‘.com.au’. Does he have a Trademark?

Probably under the "a product the company sells" caluse.

> Even if he gets AUUG Inc to be deregistered, there’s still the
> unincorporated AUUG Preservation Society that should rightfully block his
> registration.

That would not stop him registering AUUG as a business name (or
the DNS name auug.com.au for that matter).

> An often used mechanism for DNS name conflicts is to offer a landing page
> that points to the various entities.  He could point to auug.org.au and
> his own site, even automatically redirecting to his within 3 seconds...

I don't see any point in this - he is using auug.com ...  anyone
looking for AUUG (i.e. us) would either know auug.org.au, or would use
Google ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
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