
The net.au 2LD is for commercial purposes.
The following rules are to be read in conjunction
with the Eligibility and Allocation Rules for
All Open 2LDs, as published by auDA.
1. To be eligible for a domain name in the net.au
2LD, registrants must be:
a) an Australian registered company; or
b) trading under a registered business name
in any Australian State or Territory; or
c) an Australian partnership or sole trader;
d) a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia;
or
e) an owner of an Australian Registered Trade
Mark; or
f) an applicant for an Australian Registered
Trade Mark*; or
g) an association incorporated in any Australian
State or Territory; or
h) an Australian commercial statutory body.
2. Domain names in the net.au 2LD must:
a) exactly match:
(i) the registrant's company, business,
trading, association or statutory body name;
or
(ii) the words comprising the registrant’s
Australian Registered Trade Mark or application
for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or
b) be an acronym or abbreviation of 2a) (i)
or (ii); or
c) be otherwise closely and substantially connected
to the registrant, because the domain name refers
to:
(i) a product that the registrant manufactures
or sells; or
(ii) a service that the registrant provides;
or
(iii) an event that the registrant organises
or sponsors; or
(iv) an activity that the registrant facilitates,
teaches or trains; or
(v) a venue that the registrant operates;
or
(vi) a profession that the registrant's employees
practise.
* Registrants should be aware
that if the application for an Australian Registered
Trade Mark has not been accepted by the time of
the domain name licence renewal date, the domain
name licence will not be renewed unless the registrant
is able to demonstrate eligibility gainst one
of the other listed criteria. |