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Lawsuit filed to halt UrbanHome.com transfer following UDRP decision

Suit claims WIPO panel was wrong in UrbanHome.com decision.

The prior week Michael Berkens wrote regarding a UDRP decision for UrbanHome.com.

A WIPO panel ruled that the domain name ought to be transferred to Urban Home of Oxnard, California.

Now the respondent, Technology Online, LLC, has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in Nevada to stop the transfer.

Technology Online argues that the panel erred in ordering the domain transferred and is asking for declaratory relief.

Although it may have a point regarding how the domain is generic, the plaintiff again avoids disclosing when exactly it purchased the domain name. In its UDRP response, Technology Online states the domain was registered in 1998. It states the same thing in the lawsuit. But Technology Online purchased it later. I’m not sure why it didn’t just come out with the date in its suit as it will certainly have to answer the question eventually.

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