Nissan.com transferred back to estate of Uzi Nissan — Judge orders
His heirs alleged the domain names were stolen.
Nissan.com is famous as an early test case in cybersquatting.
The car firm Nissan battled for years to take the domain name from its registrant, whose name was Uzi Nissan. It failed, but Uzi Nissan spent over $3 million fighting Nissan in an eight-year battle that began in 1999.
Nissan passed away in 2020 from COVID-19. Last year, his heirs filed a lawsuit alleging that someone stole nissan.com and nissan.net from them.
Yesterday, the judge overseeing the case granted (pdf) the estate’s motion for default judgment. She ordered Verisign to transfer the domains from GKG to GoDaddy and for GoDaddy to transfer the domains to the estate.
