LOS ANGELES - New Zealand-born country singer Keith Urban has filed a lawsuit against a painter of the same name, claiming that the lesser known Keith Urban's website infringes trademark and cyber-squatting laws.
Singer Urban filed the suit in US District Court in Nashville, Tennessee, against the NewJersey painter who uses the website address keithurban.com to advertise oil paintings for sale.
The entertainer, who married Nicole Kidman last year and who recently ended a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse, says in the lawsuit that the website is being used "in a manner likely to deceive the public into believing that the website has a connection to Plaintiff that does not exist."
