[dennisw]

My Maserati does 185
I lost my license, now I don’t drive
I have a limo, ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I’m attacked

[TonyM]

Judge probably got a payday.

[TheCipher]

His problem was that he bought the domain name and sat on it. He should have made a simple website showing pictures of Lamborghinis and registered the name to that website.

[Bonemaker]

Greedy fool should have taken one of the earlier offers but instead he got f’all.

[NonValueAdded]

Relief from cybersquatters?

[RainMan]

Judge probably hates cybersquatters as much as I do.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

He gets to keep his legs, unbroken.

[pgyanke]

Since he purchased the Lambo.com domain, Blair listed it for sale several times, as the court filings reveal. It was first listed on August 6, 2020, for $1,129,298. On December 23, 2020, the price increased to $1.5 million. On January 27, 2021, the price was $3.3 million. That rose to $12 million on September 23, 2021. On August 11, 2022, the price shot up to 50 million euros (about $58 million). On September 7, 2023, the asking price hit $75 million. Prospective buyers reportedly made offers to Blair for the domain, but he refused them all.

He wouldn't have increased the price if he didn't see a market at that price. My guess is buyers met his earlier targets so he kept increasing his target. It's like selling your home in minutes... I should have asked for more. He turned down good profits for better profits.

He simply got too greedy.

[CodeToad]

That is the rule of the Internet naming. If a company has a trademark for a word, they can claim a domain name using it.

The idiot should have sold as soon as the first offer was made.

I’ve known many people who held large corporate domain names and sold for $10k to $25k, but I have also known others to lose it all in court challenges.

[Vaduz]

On September 7, 2023, the asking price hit $75 million. Prospective buyers reportedly made offers to Blair for the domain, but he refused them all.

What a Homer Simpson moment fells like

[CommerceComet]

I didn’t see it in the article but I assume Lamborghini made him some “go away” settlement offer that would have made him a decent, possibly even great, return on his investment and saved Lamborghini a lot of headache. I’m sure his attorney advised him to take the offer because that’s the best outcome he can hope for.

[packrat35]

He was stupid. He should have asked for $50,000 and they would have paid as it would have been easier than courts.

He got greedy and got nothing.

[JimRed]

I recall a story about someone registering the names of promising athletes then selling them the right to use their own names when they became better known. Whatever happened with that?

[lambo]

Ruh-roh.