i just saw this on MSNBC.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17010525/
this is some of the article:
"NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Keith Urban, the country singer, has filed a lawsuit against Keith Urban, the painter from New Jersey, claiming the painter's Web site violates federal trademark laws.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, says Keith D. Urban of Wayne, N.J., is using his keithurban.com domain in a deceptive manner and for commercial purposes.
The Web site includes the statement: '"You have reached the site of Keith Urban. To those who don't know, oil painting is one of my hobbies." It then directs viewers to a gallery of paintings and offers a limited edition of prints for sale.
Urban (whose Web address is keithurban.net) argues that the New Jersey man is misleading people into believing the Web site belongs to him and is selling merchandise as if it were produced or endorsed by him."
KeithUrban.com, the Painter's site, was registered back in May of 1999. before the Singer's site, and most likely before anyone knew who the Singer was. in fact, i NEVER heard of the singer Keith Urban until i read the story that he was suing someone that had the same name as him.
there have been other situations like this, such as when the Nissan car company sued someone who had been running a site with their family name, Nissan.