Nissan's Website

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I was browsing through a few manufacturer websites, and went to www.nissan.com and was met with this statement.

In compliance with a ruling issued by the United States District Court
in Los Angeles on November 14, 2002, in the lawsuit of
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. v. Nissan Computer Corporation,
this web site has been converted to non-commercial use.
Sincerely,
Uzi Nissan
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I dont know about anyone else, but I never heard about any lawsuit against Nissan.Does anyone know what this is about?

BTW, The canadian site still works.
 
This website was owned by Nissan Computer Company. Nissan Motor Company didn't liked this so they made him take the website down. Just a guess..........
 
Haha.. That is just hilarious (though it is a serious issue I guess)

BTW, what nationality has the name Nissan? (Japan? Who would name their kid the same as a car company? But then there is Honda.. :dopey: )
 
To fill in a bit.

The guy who runs Nissan Computer and the domain nissan.com is a 53-year-old Israeli called Uzi Nissan; he claims to have started an import-export business called Nissan International in 1987. He registered the domain in 1994 to promote another of his "business ventures", Nissan Computers, a North Carolina company dating back to 1991. He was sued by Nissan in late 1999, with Nissan's intent to force the guy into bankruptcy; it clearly didn't work. However, in 2002 Nissan won two huge cases against the guy; he now cannot put any advertising or commerical content on nissan.com or nissan.net, which he also owns.

That's the story.

Edit: Nissan.net doesn't appear to be operational. Hell if I know.
 
I do remember viewing Nissan.com before he had to take down the website. Just your average Joe Blow type of website.

The question is really wether or not he chose Nissan.com just out of the blue of if he did it intentionally, knowing Nissan Motors might want it and would pay him for it.
 
I saw that a long time ago. There was something just like it with the Mazda website a while back too. Somethin' about a court ruling...
 
The359
The question is really wether or not he chose Nissan.com just out of the blue of if he did it intentionally, knowing Nissan Motors might want it and would pay him for it.
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And since he registered the domain in 1994, it's pretty obvious that he knew Nissan would eventually come calling. He isn't David and Nissan isn't Goliath - he's some guy trying to cash in on his family name. Fortunately Nissan hasn't bitten yet.
 
I think Nissan are b******s for doing that. The guy is perfectly entitled to buy a domain name that is his own family name. What can Nissan Motor Co. do about that? They should've bought it first. :dunce: What they've done is throw their toys out of the pram and act like spoiled children.

If I had registered nissan.com, then Nissan Motor Co. would've been perfectly entitled to take it back as I don't have anything to do with the Nissan name. Nissan.com was registered by a guy whose name is Nissan. He should be allowed to use his own website for whatever purpose he deems fit.
 
The guy probably did it to get more business and site hits.

Who purchases a domain name that is their last name.
 
daan
I think Nissan are b******s for doing that. The guy is perfectly entitled to buy a domain name that is his own family name. What can Nissan Motor Co. do about that? They should've bought it first. :dunce: What they've done is throw their toys out of the pram and act like spoiled children.
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He bought the domain when Nissan had become one of the most popular Japanese makes in the business. He knew exactly what it would lead to on down the road.

By the way, while playing the victim, Uzi Nissan does have and has always had an offer on the table for Nissan to buy his precious "family name" if they so desire to spend absurd amounts of money.
 
M5Power
He bought the domain when Nissan had become one of the most popular Japanese makes in the business. He knew exactly what it would lead to on down the road.
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That's a lack of foresight on Nissan's part for not buying it first. People were buying domain names left, right and centre then. I remember that someone bought madonna.com, tried to sell it to a famous singer, but were taken to court and forced to give it back as the people that bought it had no connection to the name madonna. This guy bought nissan.com, and should be allowed to keep it and use it if nissan motor don't want to buy it off him.

M5Power
By the way, while playing the victim, Uzi Nissan does have and has always had an offer on the table for Nissan to buy his precious "family name" if they so desire to spend absurd amounts of money.
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There's no law against that. If he owns something someone else wants, then he can charge as much as he thinks he'll get.
 
Why should he become rich by something that costs a couple bucks?

I hope Nissan won't fold and give him the money anytime soon.


Question: If he dies can Nissan get the domain name? and how soon?
 
ROAD_DOGG33J
Why should he become rich by something that costs a couple bucks?

I hope Nissan won't fold and give him the money anytime soon.


Question: If he dies can Nissan get the domain name? and how soon?
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A couple of bucks? I think a website costs more than a couple of bucks.
 
So I recently went to nissan.com and it really pissed me off that they attacked this poor man for TEN YEARS (five years after he registered the domain name.) It's a bit a of a read, but in the end the court declared that it was legit. This just makes me rage on how major corporations think they can do whatever they want(and usually can). So GTP, what are your thoughts? Would you have sold out if it was you, or stuck it to the man and fought it?

Pic related. They still make decent cars.
nissan-gt-r.jpg
 
Well actually Reventon, I've done a quick search, and there is no particular thread about this subject.

To be on topic though, I would've sold out and settled for a mass amount of money and a GT-R.
 
Uh, no I wouldn't. I'd just sell them the domain for a reasonable sum, and register the domain nissancomputers.com. :dunce:
 
This, more or less, is a prime example of who got to the internet first... Not copyright infringement. Mr. Nissan is completely right, they were Datsun when his company started, and regardless of whether or not they eventually changed their name to Nissan, he had operated independently with that name for decades beforehand. He registered on the internet first, its Nissan's fault for not recognizing that the internet was going to be a key piece of their business beforehand.

For the fact that this lawsuit has gone on this long, I'm surprised that Nissan (the car company) has actually seen merit in fighting it. They've probably spent more in legal fees than what it likely would have been to buy the domain name outright, certainly shedding a good light on the corporate mindset.
 
daan
Apart from this one?

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=51947
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Well I did a search for Nissan.com in the search bar, and it came up with nothing. Why would I have been searching for Nissan Website? That thread really didn't touch on what was really happening. And if you've visited the site as I have tonight and read through it, You'd realize that a lot has happened in the four years since that thread was made.

EDIT: Umerge the threads. They deal with two completely different topics.
 
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bergauk
EDIT: Umerge the threads. They deal with two completely different topics.
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I agree. One thread deals with how Nissan launched legal action against a guy who'd registered the Nissan.com domain, and the other how the guy who registered the Nissan.com domain had legal action launched against him by Nissan.

Oh, wait.
 
bergauk
Well I did a search for Nissan.com in the search bar, and it came up with nothing. Why would I have been searching for Nissan Website?
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How do you know what I searched for? I didn't search for nissan website. I searched for Nissan.com like you did.

YouMayCallMeV
Um this was posted four years ago. Things have changed.
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Yes, V, and now you've brought it back to our attention, the discussion can continue.
 
Famine
I agree. One thread deals with how Nissan launched legal action against a guy who'd registered the Nissan.com domain, and the other how the guy who registered the Nissan.com domain had legal action launched against him by Nissan.

Oh, wait.
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Not really... One thread didn't really do anything as far as letting you know that Nissan Motors had done such a thing.
While the second thread. Asks you what you might have done in such a situation.

daan
How do you know what I searched for? I didn't search for nissan website. I searched for Nissan.com like you did.
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I searched the same and I came up with nothing. So how does this work? Do you have some sort of magic search that I don't have if so that is pretty cool, I'd really like that.
 
bergauk
Not really... One thread didn't really do anything as far as letting you know that Nissan Motors had done such a thing.
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Try reading M5Power's post again.

bergauk
While the second thread. Asks you what you might have done in such a situation.
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And since it deals with exactly the same topic it can go in the existing topic's thread.

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