( July 17, 2026, 10:38 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed an Arizona federal judge’s decision to dismiss a pro se plaintiff-appellant’s challenge to a transfer of his domain “airbnbseo.com” to Airbnb Inc., with the majority agreeing that the man’s domain was confusingly similar to Airbnb’s trademark, while a dissenting judge opined that the confusing similarity analysis should not have been resolved on a motion to dismiss....