So, before you send payment off to a
domain name registration service, you
may want to be sure that the same
name is also available in your state.
A
domain name may be protected by registering it as a trade mark, provided it satisfies the usual criteria for
registration under the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994), which to a great extent also mirrors the registerability provisions of the Trade Mark Regulation 40 / 94 / EC and the Trade Mark Directive 89 / 104 / EEC.