I can't find anything that says he had to give up the domain name. He probably killed the site because his computer company went under. The court case is from back in 2000 and it said he couldn't mislead by advertising cars on his site. (google search if you want the details) But he could keep the domain. IANAL but trademark law allows companies with the same name in different businesses to exist so as long as he uses it for his computer business he has the right to keep it. If he uses it for cars (as he indirectly was), then I'm gusssing Nissan Motors was incorporated first. I don't know anything about his business, but it's not far-fetched to think his 'computer' company was built to get revenue from internet car advertising. (does the wayback machine have his site from pre-2000?) If it's going away, then he probably sold it to cash out on the 'business'.
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A recent winner at the Ig Nobel awards. (I think he figured out step 2)
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A direct link to the Patent
I can't find anything that says he had to give up the domain name. He probably killed the site because his computer company went under. The court case is from back in 2000 and it said he couldn't mislead by advertising cars on his site. (google search if you want the details) But he could keep the domain. IANAL but trademark law allows companies with the same name in different businesses to exist so as long as he uses it for his computer business he has the right to keep it. If he uses it for cars (as he indirectly was), then I'm gusssing Nissan Motors was incorporated first. I don't know anything about his business, but it's not far-fetched to think his 'computer' company was built to get revenue from internet car advertising. (does the wayback machine have his site from pre-2000?)
If it's going away, then he probably sold it to cash out on the 'business'.