Erhan Karabardak from CooperMills Lawyers – Live from Traffic DownUnder 2008
November 18, No CommentsErhan introduced ICANN, auDA, IP Australia and other bodies before getting into their respective functions.
Issues With Regulation
- Most legal actions are initiated by small business
- Time taken to litigate can be a number of years
Key questions in seeking judicial review of auDA’s decisions:
- auDA claims its not subject to Trade Practices Act. See Capital Networks Pty Ltd v .au Domain Administration Limited 2004 FCA 808
- auDA imposes a limitation of liability / exclusion in all domain name licenses.
