Lambo.com owner sues Lamborghini following cybersquatting loss
Domain investor files suit to halt domain transfer.
The owner of the lambo.com domain name has filed a lawsuit following losing a cybersquatting case involving his domain name.
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. filed a UDRP cybersquatting claim against the domain name, which is owned by Richard Blair. In the UDRP, Blair argued that he was known by the name Lambo, counting using it as his username on the domain name forum NamePros.
The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel found in favor of the carmaker last month in a 2-1 split decision.
Blair wasn’t represented by counsel in the UDRP but subsequently hired Lewis & Lin, LLC to file the lawsuit against Lamborghini. The WIPO decision is stayed since the suit was filed within 10 days of the UDRP decision.
The lawsuit asks the court to declare that Blair is not cybersquatting with his ownership of the domain name. It makes a number of arguments regarding his interest in the domain name that probably ought to have been made in the UDRP.
In a lawsuit, Lamborghini could seek discovery to learn more regarding what Blair was thinking when he registered the domain, assuming he communicated regarding it with someone else. But if it’s all in his head, that’s difficult to discover.
