A friend of mine operated a movie review site that mentioned Netflix in the name. Netflix sued him, but settled out of court by having him change the name, and buying the original domain for a few thousand dollars. They then let the domain expire.
Why Nissan.com Isn’t a Car Website
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#72Lost in this overview (and I couldn't really tell the point of the overview) are the probably 10 000 + people per year who go to this site by mistake. It's odd to me that Nissan didn't just offer him those 7 figures worth of legal fees and solve it (or maybe they did to no effect)
I've actually met the guy and did some contract work for him. After hearing the story from his mouth, what stuck with me is his utter dislike for the Nissan CEO and Arabs. He seemed very passionate about Israel and cited Nissan's Arab CEO as a huge part of why he dislikes that company.
Ugh. Yet another example of why you should never meet your heroes...
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, they need to pass the three-step test: * The domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; * The registrant does not have any rights or legitimate interests in the domain name; and * The registrant registered the domain name and is using it in "bad faith". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Domain-Name_Dispute-Res...
Ah, right, so the decisive factor of the GP is not whether the guy is running a legitimate business, it's whether the guy is using the domain to mislead people into thinking he's Nissan cars. So, for example, a personal site with a few family photos of someone called Nissan, or whose nickname is Nissan, or who just liked the word, would not be infringing, so they couldn't take it away, correct?
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've actually met the guy and did some contract work for him. After hearing the story from his mouth, what stuck with me is his utter dislike for the Nissan CEO and Arabs. He seemed very passionate about Israel and cited Nissan's Arab CEO as a huge part of why he dislikes that company.
It's quite strange to see Carlos Ghosn described as an Arab. As far as I know, he has never spoke publicly about Israël. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn
Why would one's status as an Arab depend on public statements about Israel?
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#75Used to work for a credit card company, MBNA. They wanted mbna.com, which was owned by Mercedes Benz, North America. Not so amazingly enough, hand Mercedes a million or so and voilà we now had mbna.com, and why Mercedes is now mbusa.com.
You might mean "voila", not "wala"
Yea, that would be a wee bit more accurate.
Re: Why Nissan.com Isn’t a Car Website
#76Used to work for a credit card company, MBNA. They wanted mbna.com, which was owned by Mercedes Benz, North America. Not so amazingly enough, hand Mercedes a million or so and voilà we now had mbna.com, and why Mercedes is now mbusa.com.
MBNA is a horrid credit card company. They love mandatory
arbitration clauses; that always favored that shitty
company. I will be glad to eventually write them off
in BK court.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's quite strange to see Carlos Ghosn described as an Arab. As far as I know, he has never spoke publicly about Israël. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn
Why would one's status as an Arab depend on public statements about Israel?
If I understand badclient correctly, the (alleged) attitude of M. Nissan towards Arabs and Israël comes from his problems with M. Ghosn. I'm just saying that if it's the case, it make no sens.
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#78Nobody remembers urls any more (if they ever did).
If I type the word nissan into the address bar on IE, firefox, chrome or opera I get a page full of links to the motor company.
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#79Lost in this overview (and I couldn't really tell the point of the overview) are the probably 10 000 + people per year who go to this site by mistake. It's odd to me that Nissan didn't just offer him those 7 figures worth of legal fees and solve it (or maybe they did to no effect)
shrug
How many of those people actually decided to buy a Toyota because the Nissan site didn't load on the first try? I think people overestimate how much a domain name matters.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've actually met the guy and did some contract work for him. After hearing the story from his mouth, what stuck with me is his utter dislike for the Nissan CEO and Arabs. He seemed very passionate about Israel and cited Nissan's Arab CEO as a huge part of why he dislikes that company.
It's quite strange to see Carlos Ghosn described as an Arab. As far as I know, he has never spoke publicly about Israël. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ghosn
he is one third lebanese, a country bordering and in constant war with israel.