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02/22/2013 03:54:55 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
It goes both ways.
Remember when Nissan was Datsun? A man named Uzi Nissan had used his family name as part of his business name in N Carolina back when the cars made by Nissan Motors were sold under the Datsun brand name.
Mr Nissan registered the domain Nissan.com in 1994 and Nissan.net in 1996 for his computer business which was established in 1991. When Nissan Motors decided it would be a great idea to take the Nissan.com domain, what followed was an epic court battle. Read Mr. Nissan's account of it here |
That just sucks.....
One thing that is worthy of noting is that while Nissan was calling its vehicles Datsun here in the US, they were designated as Nissans in Japan.
Nissan Motors in Japan was formed in 1933, and had dealings here in the states since the end of the Second World War.
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02/22/2013 04:23:09 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by Spork99:
It goes both ways.
Remember when Nissan was Datsun? A man named Uzi Nissan had used his family name as part of his business name in N Carolina back when the cars made by Nissan Motors were sold under the Datsun brand name.
Mr Nissan registered the domain Nissan.com in 1994 and Nissan.net in 1996 for his computer business which was established in 1991. When Nissan Motors decided it would be a great idea to take the Nissan.com domain, what followed was an epic court battle. Read Mr. Nissan's account of it here |
That just sucks.....
One thing that is worthy of noting is that while Nissan was calling its vehicles Datsun here in the US, they were designated as Nissans in Japan.
Nissan Motors in Japan was formed in 1933, and had dealings here in the states since the end of the Second World War. |
Mr Nissan eventually won his case, but it cost him 10's of thousands of dollars, even with Nissan Motor being forced to pay his legal fees. Nissan switched over from the Datsun brand name in the mid-80s and could have registered the domain name as soon as anyone knew what that was, but they didn't.
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02/24/2013 01:41:07 PM · #28 |
In a bit of a coincidence I found this on the used book sale shelf at the library later Friday afternoon ...
 (a history of the company) |
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