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

[Geoff Muldoon]

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Tom Worthington wrote:

> 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>? 
> ;-)

:-(
http://www.multimap.com.au/map/places.cgi?place=sydney&region=&country=&overviewmap=&db=w3&client=public
only gives me:
1 	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  	    	 	
2  	Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada 	  		
3  	Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada 	  		
4  	Sydney, North Dakota, United States

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Geoff Muldoon
Online Information Systems
Information Technology and Telecommunication Services
Southern Cross University
Lismore  NSW  Australia

Email         gmuldoon at scu.edu.au
Telephone     +61 2 6620 3097
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