Insights and Analysis | World Trademark Review | 23 November 2023

Respondent’s activity defeats ‘.au’ DRP

Frankie Shop, owner of several THE FRANKIE SHOP marks, including an international trademark designating Australia, sought the transfer of six domain names comprising its mark under the ‘.au’ DRP.

While the respondent had not filed any submissions, the panel conducted a brief search using publicly available sources on the Internet.

The respondent had rights or legitimate interests in the domain names through its operations under the business name FRANKIES AUTO ELECTRICS in Australia.