Opinion ID: 783938
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Objection to the jurisdiction of the UDRP panel

Text: 87 The district court held that Cello's denial in its answer of Storey's assertion that Storey objected to the jurisdiction of the arbitral panel was unwarranted on the evidence because Storey's response to Cello's UDRP complaint raised the res judicata defense as its first argument. Storey, 182 F.Supp.2d at 366. Cello, however, was again making a legal argument, rather than a factual argument concerning the contents of Storey's response papers in the UDRP Administrative Proceeding. Cello was arguing, as it does on appeal in its waiver argument, that Storey's decision to submit papers to the UDRP panel must affect the Instant Action because Storey chose to participate in the proceedings rather than to contest the legal authority of the panel to render a decision. Furthermore, the next sentence in Cello's answer admits precisely the fact the district court believed that Cello was falsely denying: It is admitted that the [Storey] relied upon the August 15, 2000 Order as a part of his defense in the UDRP Administrative Proceeding.