Registration of `com.au’ Domain Fairly Suggested Local Audience Targeting, Was Not Bad Faith

An authorized Australian immigration consultant’s registration of the immihelp.com.au domain name was not shown to be a bad faith attempt to prevent the owner of the U.S. trademark “immihelp” from registering the domain because it more likely reflected the promotion of services aimed at helping people migrate into Australia, a panelist at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center concluded Feb. 4. Panelist Alan L. Limbury, sitting alone, said Texas-based Immihelp LLC, which sought the domain to offer services to Australians wanting to come to the United States, failed to prove that the consultant registered or used the domain in bad ...