Applicants must be either in group A or B to successfully apply for an osteopathy.com.au domain name prefix, email, website or forwarding service.

GROUP A

• A currently practicing Osteopath.

• Be training in or graduated from a recognised teaching Osteopathic Institution, University or School or Academics and teaching staff concerned with the teaching and principles of Osteopathy.

• An Australian resident.

Domain names prefix in the www.osteopathy.com.au must:

• Be very closely matched to:

  1. The Practitioners first name, surname, company, business or trading name; or

  2. The words comprising the Practitioners Australian Registered Trade Mark or application for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or

  3. The Practitioners regional, suburban or geographical location.

• Be an acronym or abbreviation of (1) or (2) above;

• Be otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Practitioner because the domain name refers to:

  1. An Osteopathic product that the Practitioners manufactures or sells; or

  2. An Osteopathic service that the Practitioners provides; or

  3. A Osteopathic event that the Practitioners organises or sponsors; or

  4. An Osteopathic activity that the Practitioners facilitates, teaches or trains; or

  5. An Osteopathic venue that the Practitioners operates; or

  6. An Osteopathic profession that the Practitioners employees practice.

Composition of Domain Names: Domain names must:

• Be at least 2 characters long;

• Contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-), or a combination of these;

• Start and end with a number or a letter, not a hyphen;

• Not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (eg. ab--cd.com.au).

Domain Name Allocation:

• Domain names are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. It is not possible to pre-register or otherwise reserve a domain name.

Number of domain names:

• There is no restriction on the number of domain names that may be licensed by a Practitioner.

Applicants must be either in group A or B to successfully apply for a osteopathy.com.au domain name prefix, email, website or forwarding service.

GROUP B

• An Australian registered company that is directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• Trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory which is directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• An Australian partnership or sole trader directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• An owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• An applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• An association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory directly connected to the Osteopathic profession; or

• An Australian commercial statutory body directly connected to the Osteopathic profession.

Domain names prefix in the www.osteopathy.com.au must:

• Be very closely matched to:

  1. The applicants company, business, trading, association or statutory body name; or

2. The words comprising the applicants Australian Registered Trade Mark or application for an Australian Registered Trade Mark.

• Be an acronym or abbreviation of (1) or (2) above;

• Be otherwise closely and substantially connected to the applicants, because the domain name refers to:

  1. An Osteopathic product that the applicants manufactures or sells; or

  2. An Osteopathic service that the applicants provides; or

  3. An Osteopathic event that the applicants organises or sponsors; or

  4. An Osteopathic activity that the applicant facilitates, teaches or trains; or

  5. An Osteopathic venue that the applicants operates; or

  6. An Osteopathic profession that the applicant's employees practice.

Composition of Domain Names: Domain names must:

• Be at least 2 characters long;

• Contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-), or a combination of these;

• Start and end with a number or a letter, not a hyphen;

• Not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (eg. ab--cd.com.au).

Domain Name Allocation:

• Domain names are allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. It is not possible to pre-register or otherwise reserve a domain name.

Number of domain names:

• There is no restriction on the number of domain names that may be licensed by an applicant.
  

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