[LINK] Australia-US Free Trade Agreement: IT aspects

[Tom Worthington]

At 2/9/2004 01:16 PM, Adam Todd wrote:
>>·  Applies principle of “first-in-time, first-in-right” to trademarks and 
>>geographical indications, so that the first person who acquires a right 
>>to a trademark or geographical indication is the person who has the right 
>>to use it.
>
>OUCH!  I guess we'll be paying a royalty for the use of the name "SYDNEY"

Was that "Sydney, FL, Hillsborough" or "Sydney, ND, Stutsman" you were 
thinking of 
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=&city=sydney&state=&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map>? 
;-)



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