Aussie country star Keith Urban is suing a namesake in New Jersey over his use of the domain name Keithurban.com. The other Keith Urban is an artist, and on his home page he writes "Welcome to the wonderful world of Keith Urban, to those who don't know, oil painting is one of my hobbies". Aussie Urban (shall we call him Mr Nicole Kidman to avoid confusion?) says that the introduction on the web page is deliberately vague to imply that the site belongs to him. According to the Associate Press Urban is accusing the painter of "federal trademark infringement, dilution of a federally registered trademark, federal unfair competition and violation of the anti-cybersquatting consumer protection act and the Tennessee consumer protection act". Mr Kidman seems to want to gain control of the keithurban.com domain through the litigation, as well as getting a commitment from the painter that he will not use their shared name in a confusing way in the future.
Feb 8, 2007
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Urban and Urban in URL litigation
Australian country star Keith Urban is suing a New Jersey painter who shares his name over the keithurban.com domain, alleging trademark infringement.