[jriordan]

Fascinating case. The resolution [1]:

"The case continued to a final injunction which allowed Nissan Computer Corporation to maintain control of the domains Nissan.com and Nissan.net so long as it neither advertised nor mentioned/made disparaging comments about Nissan Motor. Nissan Motor then filed a series of appeals that ultimately resulted in the same judgment in favor of Nissan Computer Corporation."

So Mr. Nissan wins and NissanUSA would probably be best burying the information about this case due to the negative publicity (for their otherwise excellent brand) and the fact that Mr. Nissan is eloquent and persuasive about the rights to his own name.

Perhaps this is a lesson in how NOT to pursue a perceived cyber-squatter?

[1] http://www.yalelawtech.org/ip-in-the-digital-age/why-nissan-...

[USNetizen]

Read the entire article and timeline. That wasn't the final resolution - it was appealed and he won the right to do as he wishes with those sites/domains.