United States Second Circuit

In an action brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), the district court decision was vacated where the plaintiff had subject matter jurisdiction, did not waive his res judicata defense by asserting it to the UDRP arbitration panel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2003
• Published 10/09/2003

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  MESKILL, JACOBS, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elkan Abramowitz (Geri S. Krauss, Elizabeth Small, and Marianne Yen, of counsel), Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, P.C., New York, NY, for appellants Herrick, Feinstein LLP and Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.


• For Appellees:
  
• Franklin H. Stone, Law Office of Franklin H. Stone, Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants Cello Holdings, L.L.C. and Cello Music and Film Systems, Inc., James G. McCarney (Thomas E. Engel, of counsel), Engel & McCarney, New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellee.