Wow!! I really can't believe that WIPO stuff. So this is all because this site has links to sell parts of manufacturers other than Mercedes?

And if the owner had been a different owner than Fastlane/AllPartsExpress they couldn't have done anything? (are they the same owners?) In other words, if it had just been a link to a "sponsor". I didn't read the whole thing, of course, but that seemed to be the gist of it. And this is the second time they brought the domain name into dispute (they didn't win the first time, it seems). WIPO (part of the UN?) is in Geneva, by the way. I wonder how many other domain names have been "turned over" in this manner?

This is like a bad joke. Who would confuse this with an official Mercedes site? (BTW, the presiding panellists' middle initial is , appopriately, "J.A." ;-)

At least I think I can take solace in knowing that the guys who built my car are not the same idiots who decided to "sue" the owner of this site.

I can understand why the owner of this forum is pissed. He probably puts a lot of work into this site and I doubt he gets rich from any of it. But hopefully he will cool off and think again about "PeachParts".

I don't care what; you don't lose a World War and then "dictate" to America or Americans. When you are the winner of a World War II; you get the privilege to screw your stuff up (Detroit Closing) because you, America, can just go over and take over Germany and Japan stuff, ALL OF IT since America owns Germany; especially when they are the agressor first, Daimler AG, again taking something without paying for it. Again, America ain't Saudi Arabia!!! And for you, if it weren't for this site, then you couldn't afford to drive these cheaply made cars and have to pay Daimler mechanics to work on them for you. Knowledge is money!!! Plus, when you don't have any thing invested and all you do is reap the rewards; it is easy to have your view point. If America had lost World War II; I'd bet you would have a totally different perspective, that is, if you are American. Plus, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Daimler AG aserts it's right to mercedesshop.com. I asert America's right to own Germany, ALL OF IT, just like Daimler aserts, even when it has no asertion rights.

BenzDiesel

As for that part I bolded, if that statement is true, it means you must be in the poor house.

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You're an idiot. I'll be the first to say it here and probably not the last. Admins can we get a lock on this thread???

Germany, Saudi Arabia and Japan *ALL* own more of the US than the US owns of them, which only shows how ignorant you truly, truly, truly are.

The issue at hand is intellectual property, not who's c*ck is the biggest. US and EU share IP law so everyone wins.

Welcome to the 21st century. FWIW I am half German and half American and the American half of me is more American than you will ever be. My family came over on the mayflower and set out west with Lewis and Clark. Suck it.

ps htown thats what I'm saying

INAPPROPRIATE
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dood,

you're neck deep in teh stoopit. Stop digging.

world wars have exactly jack squat to do with trademark, copyright, and intellectual property laws.


INAPPROPRIATE
B.C.

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Did you even bother to read my previous post? GERMANY DOESN'T OWN THE COMPANY, it is a public corporation!!!! There are plants, employees, all over the world, with a good chunk of them in America. They are not owned by a country. You have no idea what you are talking about.

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All this other stuff is just a way for losers of World Wars to keep their status. Again, Daimler AG was the agressor, first. Plus, I'm proud for some of you guys to call me an idiot because you don't have a "clue" what it means to be American. I'm for globalization as long as America do the running of the globe.

BenzDiesel

And the funny thing is he lives right down the road from a MB plant in America in Tuscaloosa.

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Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Plus, the cars made in Tuscaloosa are NOT luxury cars.

BenzDiesel

Yeah, those R classes are nothing but cramped, midget friendly econoboxes.

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Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Yikes! This thread was started only three days ago and it is five pages long!! And I just wasted another perfectly good hour reading all five pages!!!

I can't say that I care for the name, I doubt it is what I would have picked, I don't think it will do much to promote the site, but there are issues of far greater consequence that I will spend my time pondering.

A lot of points are valid, but the WWII thing? C'mon BenzDiesel. You are espousing that might is right, which is to say that strength or physical might can establish moral right. And your statement, "What's the reward for losing a WORLD WAR II? You get to tell the winners, AMERICANS what to do or what they can say . . ."

The "reward" for losing WWII is that you have to fight issues in a court of law, not by exterminating those who pose a threat to you.

Let me add that I doubt I would have ventured into purchasing my fine MB cars if it had not been for the wealth of information here and the support of this community.

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15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

What happens if I register "mercedesbenzshop.com" and forward it to peach parts? Will I get Daimler AG on my tail too? The domain is available....

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'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

BenzDiesel

What you're displaying is more than American pride, but nationalistic bigotry. The last world war was 3 generations ago, with the majority of those that participated long dead. The fact we helped reconstruct our defeated enemies does not give them entitlements to make reparations and answer to us for all of eternity. We tried that with Germany after WWI, imposing crippling economic and political sanctions on them, which lead to the rise of Hitler and another, even deadlier war.

True globalization, which you claim to support, is combining into to one interconnected world economy, without any bias, like your bigoted views.

You seem to think that our American government should have control of every business in the world, so it can favor Americans only while everyone else suffers... THAT'S COMMUNISM! Are you a communist?

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1980 240D Stick China 188k
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It's just like working on these cheaply made cars. You go in with wrong information and thinking it is good information; you come up short, every time. When I go to the source and use good information, it is a piece of cake. No, might is not right right off the bat, but when a loser forgets that he lost, might is needed to remind him or them. That is all I am doing. I like mercedes cars but not to the point that I would want to see America collapse.

BenzDiesel