Australian Rugby Union refused ownership of wallabies.com.au

Australia’s rugby union team has lost another clash, this time over its domain name, with a tribunal striking down the organisation’s claim to wallabies.com.au.

Perth-based company Ebusiness Pty Ltd registered the name wallabies.com.au in 2006 and set up a page linking to information sites about the marsupials. Last year, the ARU filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organisation and sought to take ownership of the name.

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