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Similar case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Comput...

rzzzt 1y ago
Close approximation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft (this was not Mike from "Dirty Jobs" but a different person)
- lifthrasiir 1y ago
  Yeah, but in this case MikeRoweSoft.com redirects to microsoft.com after the settlement. Uzi Nissan was able to keep his domain to this day, even after his death in 2020.
- swiftcoder 1y ago
  Man, litigating versus a 12 year old boy has got to be the easiest job in the business - "Will you settle for an Xbox and a bundle of games?"
  - dataflow 1y ago
    12th grade, not 12 years old.
    - onionisafruit 1y ago
      The Xbox offer still stands Edit: I replied before I read the wikipedia link and learned he literally settled for an xbox.
  - austinjp 1y ago
    Huh, having checked the wikipedia link (the kid was 17 not 12), that's exactly what happened!
cyberax 1y ago
A more hilarious example: https://korrespondent.net/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivshij-o-smene-familii-na-gugl-soznalsya-v-obmane https://korrespondent.net/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivs... ( translated: https://korrespondent-net.translate.goog/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivshij-o-smene-familii-na-gugl-soznalsya-v-obmane?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://korrespondent-net.translate.goog/strange/522473-belo... ).
Cockbrand 1y ago
Also somewhat similar, the first large domain name dispute in Germany, in which a person called Andreas Shell held the domain shell.de: https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/-55795?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/-55795?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_... German Original: https://www.heise.de/-55795 https://www.heise.de/-55795
swrobel 1y ago
First thing I did was check https://nissan.com https://nissan.com which apparently I haven’t done in years. RIP Uzi!

rzzzt 1y ago

Close approximation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft (this was not Mike from "Dirty Jobs" but a different person)

lifthrasiir 1y ago
Yeah, but in this case MikeRoweSoft.com redirects to microsoft.com after the settlement. Uzi Nissan was able to keep his domain to this day, even after his death in 2020.
swiftcoder 1y ago
Man, litigating versus a 12 year old boy has got to be the easiest job in the business - "Will you settle for an Xbox and a bundle of games?"
- dataflow 1y ago
  12th grade, not 12 years old.
  - onionisafruit 1y ago
    The Xbox offer still stands Edit: I replied before I read the wikipedia link and learned he literally settled for an xbox.
- austinjp 1y ago
  Huh, having checked the wikipedia link (the kid was 17 not 12), that's exactly what happened!

cyberax 1y ago

A more hilarious example: https://korrespondent.net/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivshij-o-smene-familii-na-gugl-soznalsya-v-obmane https://korrespondent.net/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivs... ( translated: https://korrespondent-net.translate.goog/strange/522473-belorus-soobshchivshij-o-smene-familii-na-gugl-soznalsya-v-obmane?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://korrespondent-net.translate.goog/strange/522473-belo... ).

Cockbrand 1y ago

Also somewhat similar, the first large domain name dispute in Germany, in which a person called Andreas Shell held the domain shell.de: https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/-55795?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/-55795?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_... German Original: https://www.heise.de/-55795 https://www.heise.de/-55795

swrobel 1y ago

First thing I did was check https://nissan.com https://nissan.com which apparently I haven’t done in years. RIP Uzi!