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[co-author: Brighid Virtue, Law Graduate at Kalus Kenny Intelex]
Foreign entities looking to register Australian domain names need to be aware that the eligibility requirements have changed and the threshold is now much higher. If a foreign entity is relying on a registered Australia trademark to meet the Australia presence requirement, they must ensure that their domain is an exact match to that trademark.
On 12 April 2021, a new set of rules relating to the licensing of the .au country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) came into effect in Australia.
These new licensing rules amalgamate and update more than 30 policies previously published by.au Domain Administration Limited (“auDA”), the .au domain administrator and policy body. Importantly, the new licensing rules impose stricter requirements on foreign entities applying to register .au domains.