Australia introduces stricter trademark rules

The registry for Australian top-level domains, such as .COM.AU and .NET.AU, now adjusts its regulations regarding domain names that are registered with a trademark as a basis. Generally, to register domain names under .AU, companies in the country or a trademark covering Australia are required.

As of April 12, 2021, the trademark must be similar in name to the domain. Small differences are accepted. For example, the trademark “A Pretty Horse Carousels” may include:

• aprettyhorsecarousels.com.au
• prettyhorsecarousels.net.au
  
  but not:

• phc.com.au
• carousels.net.au
• aprettyhorse.com.au
• horsecarousels.com.au

Det är mycket viktigt att se över sina registreringar, som grundar sig på varumärken, före ovan datum.

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