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Owner appeals court loss to Automobili Lamborghini — Lambo.com domain

Owner appeals court loss to Automobili Lamborghini — Lambo.com domain

Lambo.com registrant plans to continue fighting.

Picture of three Lamborghini cars. A white one is in front with a grey to the back left and green car to the back right.

The registrant of the domain name lambo.com plans to appeal a lawsuit over the domain name.

Lamborghini won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name in 2022. The owner of the domain filed a lawsuit to stay the decision.

The carmaker filed a motion for summary judgment in that suit, and the judge granted that motion in a decision last month. The judge ordered the domain transferred to the carmaker.

Richard Blair, who purchased the domain for $10,000 in 2018, had defended his registration of the domain by arguing that he was known as “Lambo” and used that name as a username on the domain forum NamePros. But the court noted that he didn’t adopt that nickname until following acquiring the domain:

The prior week, Blair filed a notice of appeal.

The domain right now resolves to a landing page offering the domain for sale for $75 million.

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