Nissan.com!?!?

[moxsum]

Whoa I went to www.nissan.com to checkout there cars, and seems like some guy owns this name and isnt giving it to nissan, check it out.

Nissan.com

Any one know the story behind this? I would be real pissed if I was Nissan.

 

[Spider]

This is a VERY old story. His name is Nissan and got to it first.

 

[aguss]

very old one...

 

[GeorgeK]

I'm surprised the car company hasn't written him a $20 million cheque, yet. Check the Overture stats for the domain.

 

[PCplay]

Well they lost the court case, so now they might be willing to try and buy it from him for loads of cash.

 

[moxsum]

They should definitely...

 

[moxsum]

But why would he have to make it a non commercial site? He owns a company called Nissan Computers?!

 

[hellstrom]

Instead they have z.com k:

 

[Sharpy]

Originally posted by moxsum
But why would he have to make it a non commercial site? He owns a company called Nissan Computers?!

'cause he started to sell car accessories on the site

 

[Steen]

Believe it or not, there are people out there who wouldnt sell for any price.


THis really sux for nissan.

Owning that name is very important to thier biz imo..

 

[Togoodhlth]

Originally posted by devildude8989
Believe it or not, there are people out there who wouldnt sell for any price.


THis really sux for nissan.

Owning that name is very important to thier biz imo..

Yeah, maybe they already offered him a couple million and he declined.
If they haven't offered him anything yet they are foolish as I ahve also typed it in assuming that their site would be there.

 

[E=MC2]

http://www.phillipsnizer.com/library/cases/lib_case292.cfm

 

[deepstar]

I like the Survivor.com site (read the little blurb on the site). I read somewhere that during the CBS show that site gets train loads of visitors.

 

[Dave Zan]

Just thought I'd post an update on discussions regarding nissan.com:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-...coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true

 

[MediaHound]

or here if you cant access that url
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=supremecourtreject1113999226&area=news

 

[insomnia]

Sucks for nissan, if only they had been more proactive!

 

[namewaiter]

very intersting stuff ... but why in the world would he put auto ads of any sort on his site? I understand the traffic/click payouts, but it just gives Nissan Motors some ammunition. I would do nothing with the name, but promote his computer company and isp and basically wait for the big check to roll in.

 

[mppedersen]

I'm pretty sure that Nissan (Motors) did not offer to buy the domain. It is usually the policy of large corporations to use lawyers and we all know that slimeballs (I mean lawyers) send cease and desist letters which threaten to take your life from you unless you give up what you have.

If I were Uzi Nissan I would have a hard time selling it for anything less then what they were trying to sue me for. Seems they valued the name at 10 million.

I thinks I've been watching this unfold for the last 5 years.

 

[labrocca]

Yeah after the mac ipod incident you have to be careful about what you promote on a name like this.

I own atari.net and I am cautious not to promote myself too hard.

 

[Theo]

Nissan have so much money they can afford a 1-letter domain: http://z.com