I would think so as well. I would also think that if Mr. Mani was unable to reach an agreement with them, he'd still have the domain name.
I have seen situations in which a domain registrant prevails in a UDRP and subsequently develops unreasonable ideas about what the claimant might be willing to pay to obtain the domain name. While, sure, there is a premium on prevailing in a dispute, it's not as if there is a pool of buyers for a name like nissan.com.
From the outside, we really don't know what settlement conversations there may have been along the way or what conversations may have been ongoing since. Settlement discussions during a dispute are confidential, so there's just no window into what may or may not have gone on. I have no particular insight into what went on, but it is a certainty that whatever Mr. Nissan spent on the protracted litigation, the car company likely spent more on it, and likely made their own calculation as to what has been economically rational for them.
The courts had ordered mediations for the two parties to meet and reach a settlement three times during the complete run of the case, Uzi told Jalopnik, and while the automaker’s offer increased each time, it was never enough to settle things for Uzi.
They had three court-ordered mediations. That's unusual. Notice that while Mr. Nissan told the reporter, as the docket reflects, they had mediation sessions, Mr. Nissan is silent about what numbers were exchanged.
