Domain Name Wire Lamborghini gets control of Lambo.com domain name

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After three-year battle, Lamborghini finally gets domain name. Whois records show that Automobili Lamborghini has finally obtained the domain name lambo.com. Lamborghini won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name in 2022. The registrant of the domain, Richard Blair, filed a lawsuit to stay the decision. The […]

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[cactusfly]

Recently, Lambo.com was listed for sale at $75 million.. LOVE the audicity ; )

 

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ahhh.. really sad .. does anyone have a link to the court papers? ... isn't this what Internet Commerce is all about - helping domain investors against corporations like these?

.. where did the domainer make the mistake? .. published a lambo related information on the lander?

 

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a Linkedin post by Deborah Sterling, the Director at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox celebrtes this victory:

Sterne Kessler secured a win for client Automobili Lamborghini SpA at the Ninth Circuit. A three-judge panel affirmed a lower court’s decision, finding that the registration of the domain “lambo.com”… | Deborah Sterling

Sterne Kessler secured a win for client Automobili Lamborghini SpA at the Ninth Circuit. A three-judge panel affirmed a lower court’s decision, finding that the registration of the domain “lambo.com” was done in bad faith under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act...

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well, they won it - all fair.

it is strange that such a professional legal company writes a misleading subject line for a press release (website and domain name are totally 2 different animals):
ref: https://www.sternekessler.com/news-...bsite-acquired-in-bad-faith-9th-circ-affirms/

the same goes for the Law360 website: https://www.law360.com/articles/2398158/-lambo-website-acquired-in-bad-faith-9th-circ-affirms

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does someone have a link to the court case?

.. it seems we are loosing some rock-solid argument winning from the Lamborghini lawyers why this was a "bad faith registration".. especially as it was bought in aftermarket for $10,000 (not hand-registered).. as I understand this.

.. I'm not a lawyer.. there must be something that can help us (large and small domain investors) to understand better why this specifically ended in loss for the domain investor..

.. or was it the simple - investor couldn't properly protect himself legally?

 

[abdelaf]

It seems the main point that didn’t work in Blair’s favor is that “Lambo” is not a dictionary word that can be used according to its generic meaning.
Even if he didn’t put an active website on the domain, the primary reason for buying it at that price was clearly to benefit from the company’s worldwide fame.


It was also very difficult for Blair to prove that he had no intention of selling the domain to Lamborghini, especially after listing it for $75 million. If Lamborghini didn’t exist, he would never have priced it that way — and probably would never have bought it for $10K in the first place.


And as we all know, UDRP always protects famous trademarks more than any other category, which made this case even harder for him to win.