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Nissan sued the guy(named nissan) for infringement so I think he got pissed. Notably his small computer shop(bearing his name) predated Nissan operating as Niss
by waterfowl 6y ago
Nissan sued the guy(named nissan) for infringement so I think he got pissed. Notably his small computer shop(bearing his name) predated Nissan operating as Nissan(vs. Datsun) in America.
Similar things -- peloton.com is not the smartbike, chopt.com is not the salad place(but a sailboat sales company).
- Plough_Jogger 6y agoChopt appears to sell primarily commercial powerboats.
- poyu 6y agoAlso MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft
- matt-attack 6y agoWhy wouldn't the inventor of Peloton have just come up w/ a name for which he could obtain a .com domain name?
- tradertef 6y agoDropbox was successfully got the domain by suing the original owner. That always bothered me.
- tedunangst 6y agoAfter the owner filled it with ads for competitors.
- tradertef 6y agoSo what? It is his property and he has any right to do so.