Since Nissan is the only major international company unable to acquire their first choice of domain, it appears an outlier. The lesson perhaps is that the market, coupled with the dispute resolution system, works well with respect to web domains.
Why Nissan.com Isn’t a Car Website
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#42I simply do not understand why Nissan Motorcompany dont just offer the guy a good pile of money.
He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first.
That or spend millions and a decade on lawsuits that lead nowhere...
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
It looks like it was created in FrontPage 98. That said, the buttons on the left work and he is actually running a small business selling computer products and services (such as programming @ $90/hr).
The HTML source says FrontPage 4.0, but Wikipedia says there was no version 4 [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_FrontPage#Versions
FrontPage 4.0 is FrontPage 2000. I know because I remember using it.
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Its just a small website of a guy running a computer shop.
Sure hes monetizing on the Nissan brand name, but wouldnt you do the same if they run multi-million dollar lawsuits against you for 10+ years to get your domain? And all that while you just bought it first, before they even had the idea to and its your legal last name ?
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[Edit: Looks like the parent was deleted. The comment was noting how the site is poorly marketed, and that this led the commenter to think it was a fake business.]
Clicking through the website, I don't find it unbelievable that this is a DIY website of a local computer shop. There are tons of small business websites like this out there, and while they don't inspire a sense of legitimacy in people unfamiliar with their store front, it's not a problem for those that are.
Well, that was my first impression anyway. There's an address on the website that points to a residential area, not a commercial area. If the was an actual storefront they probably wouldn't do that: http://goo.gl/qkT4l (maps.google.com). Still, if the website is bringing in enough money to live on, a lot of small website owners tend not to keep up with current best practices, and the site was created in 1994. It looks to be of its era, I would say.
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#47There is a similar story about Armani brand and a person named A.R. Mani.
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#48I simply do not understand why Nissan Motorcompany dont just offer the guy a good pile of money. He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. That or spend millions and a decade on lawsuits that lead nowhere...
It's possible that they have tried that at first.
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#49I simply do not understand why Nissan Motorcompany dont just offer the guy a good pile of money. He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. That or spend millions and a decade on lawsuits that lead nowhere...
> He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first.
Neither of those would be sufficient. The decisive factor is that he's actually operating a legitimate business under that name.
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#50I simply do not understand why Nissan Motorcompany dont just offer the guy a good pile of money. He has all the rights to use the domain, as its his name, and simply bought it first. That or spend millions and a decade on lawsuits that lead nowhere...
It's possible that they have tried that at first.
If they did, it obviously wasnt enough ;)