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babaearly: @obiscolly

You didnt say how we can get the VBA you are talking about for $10-$15

He gave idea as follows:

6. Now you need to verify your account and for that you will need a USA virtual bank account (VBA). You could search online for people who provide US VBA services. The irony of the whole matter is that most people that offer this service accept paypal payments only. I was able to pay for mine because i had made some cash into my unverified account initially. But if you search adequately you could luckily find sellers who accept Liberty Reserve payment, which is quite rare though. So you pay the VBA seller and he sends you the following:
A routing number
An account number
Bank name
A login ID and;
A password

7. On your paypal home page click on get verified and input all the details you will be sent. Click on continue and it will take 1-3 minutes to get instantly verified and there you have your account verified and ready for use for unlimited number of transactions on the web. That's what you wanted right?...For those who have problems getting a VBA seller that accepts Liberty Reserve, pm me, i can accept your LR payment and purchase the VBA for you with my paypal account if you so wish.

maxibrainz: How do i register with payoneer and hod do i use it to verify my paypal acount. Lastly were do i buy the blackberry of 7k.

Try http://www.payoneer.com/cardholdersIntro.aspx

AUGUST - 2004, Appeal Ruling.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling reversing the case and remanding it back to the District Court. In a Published Opinion (PDF) the Appellant Court rejected Nissan Motor's cross appeal and reversed the District Court's ruling against Nissan Computer on Dilution and the broad scope of the Final Injunction.
Not to our surprise, Nissan Motor filed a motion for rehearing by the 9th Circuit's panel and a rehearing en banc (a rehearing by all of the Court of Appeals Judges). On September 2004, the 9th Circuit issued a Ruling (PDF) denying Nissan Motor's motion for rehearing and rehearing en banc.

DECEMBER - 2004, Petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nissan Motor filed a Petition for a "Writ of Certiorari" to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking review of the Appellant Court ruling on the Infringement and First Amendment issues.

APRIL - 2005, U.S. Supreme Court Order.
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an Order, (PDF) Denying Nissan Motor's Petition for a "Writ of Certiorari", thus the dilution claim, which is the only remaining issue was sent back to the district court.

JANUARY - 2007, Motion to strike Jury Demand.
Nissan Motor's intentions to deprive us of a jury trial was evident from the beginning, they always felt that they have a better chance of prevailing in front of the judge rather than the jury. In the 11th hour, after all their efforts to do so was unsuccessful, they pulled their last ace and dropped their $10,000,000 damage claim in exchange for a "bench trial" rather then a "jury Trial".

MARCH - 2007, Trial.
The four-day bench trial occurred between March 27 and March 30 to determine NMC's claims on:
1. Dilution
2. Permanent Injunction re: Dilution.
3. Permanent Injunction re: Infringement.
We are now waiting for the court's ruling on these matters.

SEPTEMBER - 2007, Ruling.
The court has issued a Ruling (PDF) addressing NMC's alleged claims in our favor:
1. Found that Nissan Computer did not Dilute NMC's mark.
2. Denied NMC's requests for Permanent Injunctions.
We are still waiting for the court to issue a final judgment.

JANUARY - 2008, Motion For Attorneys' Fees.
Nissan Motor has been unrelenting in its lawsuit against us and despite that they lost; they subsequently filed a motion asking the court to award them millions of dollars in attorneys' fees.

FEBRUARY - 2008, Ruling on Attorneys' Fees and Final Judgment.
The court has issued a Ruling (PDF) addressing these remaining issues:
1. Nissan Motor is NOT entitled to attorneys' fees.
2. Nissan Computer is entitled to cost under rule 68.
The court ordered NMC to pay $58,000 as cost under rule 68, this is less than 2% of what the cost was to defend this case.

You would think this case is over..... but it really isn't.

Nissan Motor's trademark registration.
Nissan Motor is attempting to obtain a Federal Trademark Registration for computers and computer peripherals among other classes of goods and services. We feel that Nissan Motor, in this action, is staging a future case against us in the computer and peripherals market.
We are left with no other course of action but to oppose this registration.



Public awareness of this unacceptable corporate behavior is crucial to eradicating it and we are asking you to take a stand and make a difference on this issue. Your collective voice is more compelling than the lobbying power of corporate giants and it is a voice that cannot be ignored.
Together we can make a difference and help keep our freedom intact, for us, for our children, and for our grandchildren.

UPDATES

DECEMBER - 1999, Initial Filing.
More then five years after I registered nissan.com, legal action was instituted by Nissan Motor seeking $10,000,000 in damages, and to restrain me from the use of MY family name for business purposes on the Internet.

APRIL - 2002, First Round of Summary Judgments.
The court ruled on a summary judgment motions as follows:
1. "Cyber-Squatting" claim, in Nissan Computer's favor.
2. "Infringement on non-auto-related" claim, in Nissan Computer's favor.
3. "Infringement on auto-related" claim, in Nissan Motor's favor.
4. "Dilution" claim was sent to trial.
Nissan Motor's intention to make this case as expensive as possible for me was evident from the beginning. Undoubtedly, the notion that my company and me might be forced into bankruptcy rather than fight for my name, given the great expense, must have been a consideration. As if the financial burden incurred by me and Nissan Computers was not enough, Nissan Motor filed a lawsuit against the Internet Center, Inc., a corporation with three shareholders, in which I am the majority shareholder. The Internet Center, Inc. did not and does not utilize the word "NISSAN" in any way.

SEPTEMBER - 2002, Second Round of Summary Judgment.
The previous court rulings did not end this case. Nissan Motor filed a second round of Summary Judgment Motions, trying (and has been successful) to get the Court to deprive me of the right to a jury trial.
The Court, surprisingly, changed its attitude on this issue and:
1. Changed the relevant date for "fame" from 1991 to 1994.
2. Found that no reasonable jury could find that Nissan was not famous by 1994.
3. Found that Nissan Computer diluted Nissan Motor's trademark.
4. Found that the publication of information about this lawsuit, the comments
made by many people on this site and my efforts to bring this issue to
the public, actually tarnished Nissan Motor's trademark.
Many legal experts view this case, not as a "law-breaking" case, but as a "law-making" case. The Court indicated that certain aspects of this case may be creating new law as well.
Nissan Motor is now asking the Court to transfer nissan.com to them entirely. The potential loss of a domain name in this fashion may set the wrong precedent for future cases and will open the door for any deep-pocket corporation to do the same. This may become "the law of the land" by being solely based on "the law of the jungle", and could affect you or someone you know.

DECEMBER - 2002, Final Injunction.
The district court issued a final Judgment (PDF) allowing Nissan Computer to keep its nissan.com and nissan.net domain names, but restricted our rights to do the following:
1. Posting Commercial content at nissan.com and nissan.net;
2. Posting advertising or permitting advertising to be posted by third parties at
nissan.com and nissan.net;
3. Posting disparaging remarks or negative commentary regarding Nissan Motor
Co., Ltd. or Nissan North America, Inc. at nissan.com and nissan.net;
4. Placing, on nissan.com or nissan.net, links to other websites containing
commercial content, including advertising; and
5. Placing, on nissan.com or nissan.net, links to other websites containing
disparaging remarks or negative commentary regarding Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
or Nissan North America.
After reviewing this and other rulings of the district court, we believed that the only practical option was to appeal. One of the reasons for the appeal is that we and other experts considered the injunction and parts of other rulings to be a clear violation of our "First Amendment Rights" as it is to every American citizen's constitutional rights.

OCTOBER - 2003, Appeal Initial Motion.
Nissan Computer filed its Opening Brief (PDF) to the 9th circuit court of appeals, addressing the district court's rulings on:
A. Trademark Dilution
B. Trademark Infringement
C. Final Injunction
NOTE: It's a long brief, but will allow you to better understand the merits of this case.

JANUARY - 2004, Appeal Reply Motion.
Nissan Motor filed a consolidated brief opposing Nissan Computer's opening brief and a cross appeal on:
A. Trademark Infringement.
B. Final Injunction.
C. Requesting the court to force transfer Nissan.com to them.
Nissan Computer filed a Consolidated Brief (PDF) opposing NMC's cross appeal and replying to their opposition.

Nissan Motor vs. Nissan Computer

Nissan Motor lawsuit against Nissan Computer (named after its founder and current president, Mr. Uzi Nissan) for Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution and Cyber-Squatting, seeking 10 Million Dollars in damages. This is after more than 20 years of Mr. Nissan's well-documented prior use of his family name for business purposes in the United States, and which he commenced when the cars were known as DATSUN.


Nissan Motor Sued Nissan Computer For Trademark Infringement,
Trademark Dilution And Cyber-Squatting
Seeking 10 Million Dollars In Damages


By Uzi Nissan - founder and president, Nissan Computer Corp.

BACKGROUND
My name is Uzi Nissan. I was born in Jerusalem - Israel. My father's last name was Nissan, his father's last name was Nissan, and so on. Nissan is a biblical term identifying the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar. The term Nissan also is Arabic for the month of April.
Click here for supporting articles

I came to the US in 1976, and have used my surname for years to identify a number of business enterprises. The first was "Nissan Foreign Car" in 1980. When I operated this business, I serviced different makes and models of foreign cars, including cars manufactured by Nissan Motor, back then known as "DATSUN". Contrary to the allegations by Nissan Motor, I did not choose to use my last name "Nissan" for my business in 1980 because of their name. At that time, they and their automobiles were known as "DATSUN" and were not known as "Nissan".
Click here for supporting articles

In December 1987, I started an import/export business known as "Nissan International" At that time, Nissan Motor was not well known as Nissan, but primarily as "DATSUN". As with the earlier business, I chose to use Nissan in my business name because it was my last name.
Click here for supporting articles

On May 14, 1991, "Nissan Computer Corp" was incorporated in the state of North Carolina. I was then, and still am, the company President. I have used Nissan as part of my trade name in connection with the sale of computer hardware, computer maintenance, networking, computer training and other consulting services related to computers. On June 4, 1994, I registered the domain name "nissan.com" and created a web site to promote computer related products and services on the Internet.

In July of 1995, I obtained a service mark registration for Nissan and my logo from the State of North Carolina.
Click here for supporting articles

On March 17, 1996, I registered the domain name "nissan.net" , and began offering Internet services, including dial-up connections and direct data connections to business.

In another example of Nissan Motor's flexing its corporate might, age old eminent domain laws have been rewritten in Mississippi allowing the State to take land and homes from local landowners for the sole private benefit of Nissan Motor. How the State of Mississippi was "convinced" to change these laws is unclear, but it is clear that local individuals are being deprived of their property rights so Nissan Motor can build its own plant.
Click here for supporting articles

people are still asking elsewhere the question this thread had answered freely about paypal.

Us your blackberry and do it yourself free of charge.

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I tried sending you pm but I would not know if it was really sent as it was looking deactivated.

Don't be limited to a paid VPN. Don't be restricted to certain time before you can access your paypal. Open and run it free of charge using your blackberry because of its foreign IP address.

why vpn access when you can freely and directly access it without paying for vpn?

obiscolly, i wonder too why people are not seeing free info you gave on that thread. i even checked some blackberries and only 1 of them so far has nigerian ip address. the rest are foreign ip. surprisingly, my samsung galaxy pocket showed nigerian ip for its default browser but usa ip for its opera mini.

how will you be accessing and operating it after it has been opened for you? that is the main issue and concern from nigerian ip address.

ChrisTemidayo: Please  need someone to help me out in utmost Good faith in getting the right exchanger for payza in Nigeria.
ur comments is highly appreciated.
Thanks.

do you intend to do the exchange between payza and naira bank or cash for buying and selling or between payza and other ecurrencies for buying and selling? i don't think xchanger.org will give you naira.

Tonjeola1: do you mean i have to subscribe to internet banking1st before i load fund from net? E.g from forex or betting sites

you do not have to subscribe to uba internet banking first if the source of the money you are transrferring on net is not uba itself.

unlike uba visa africard that has separate special account that you can only load/fund in the bank branch, uba mastercard is linked to your regular uba account. and so any fund you transfer by whatever method on net or in bank to the very account the card is linked to will appear in the card as available to you for use.

as per withdrawal from websites to card directly, it is generally not supported by mastercard but only visa card usually.

what is the name of your company and what brand/model do you offer?

jackbennie: can i use payoneer to verify my paypal account

yes sir.

If you have blackberry phone, go to whatismyipaddress.com to know if yours is Nigerian IP or foreign. If it is foreign, then you can use that to operate your Paypal after he has opened it for you or you open it yourself. I think he can with either his US bank acount or US card. Do not access it thereafter with Nigerian IP address.

I discovered not only blackberry has the foreign IP (though I saw one with Nigerian IP yesterday). My Samsung galaxy pocket showed Nigerian IP for the default browser while it shows USA for the opera mini I installed on it.

Is one on one service available?

Tonjeola1: can you load cash to it from online?
because am planning to get one

You can load cash to it online if you also subscribe to the UBA internet banking (Udirect). That allows transfer of money from one account to others like transferring from another account to the account that your Mastercard is linked to. Then the money will be there. Which also means you can transfer from another banking via internet (e.g GTB) to your UBA account to which the mastercard is linked.

Addition to that is if you subscribe to their UBA mobile banking (Umobile) powered by eTranzact. This allows you to transfer money between UBA accounts and cards (prepaid or debit cards) especially if your version of the Umobile is java phone and not the feature limited android phone version.

If they will allow this to stay, the summary (without step by step) is that you can activate the card by simply using the UBA ATM and use the PIN they gave you in the bank to select the option "Change PIN" on ATM. After that, the card becomes automatically activated for use both online and offline.

I posted step by step guide on how to do it but your moderators here hid my posts.

Yesterday trading session seems okay a little bit overall.

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