Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. was founded in 1934. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Company#Nissan_Motor_founded_in_1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nis

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. was founded in 1934. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Company#Nissan_Motor_founded_in_1934 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motor_Company#Nissan_Mot... And the word "Nissan" was used before that as a stock market abbreviation in Japan. The name Nissan, however, was probably not well-known outside of Japan. Mr. Nissan had probably never heard of the company. He was first to register the domain name, and presumably Nissan "the company" had the same opportunity at the time. But it is disturbing to read comments such as this on a page (http://www.digest.com/people/page_1.shtml http://www.digest.com/people/page_1.shtml) linked to from his home page: "Mr. Nissan, I congratulate you, and thank you, for your perseverance in standing up for what is honorable and legitimate, for each of us and our children. NMC's attempt to leverage their size and importance (as it is the Asian way), will not be tolerated. I will post your information for everyone I know to read and boycott their products." Boycott! Wow. After reading several such posts, I wonder if the posters realize that Nissan has factories in the U.S. Someday, I speculate that the current nissan.com will be subject to a cyber attack in a case of mistaken (or "mistaken") identity. What goes around, comes around. So, while Mr. Nissan has the rights of "first dibs," he should realize that real damage is being done, and that he is fanning flames that do not speak to the "better angels of our nature."