Editing Hiroyuki Nishimura (section)

== Lawsuits ==
=== As defendant ===
{{See also|2channel#Slander and legal issues}}

Nishimura has lost a number of [[libel]] lawsuits which have led to him being assessed a considerable amount in penalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shibui |first=Tetsuya |date=26 August 2008 |title=2channel founder says don't blame him for criminals' posts |url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/2channel-founder-says-dont-blame-him-for-criminals-posts |access-date=20 May 2020 |website=[[Shūkan Gendai]] |language=en |via=[[Japan Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=20 January 2006 |title=２ちゃんねる管理人に賠償命令 掲示板での中傷放置 |language=ja |trans-title=2channel admin ordered to pay compensation; textboard neglected duty to delete libel |work=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |url=http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |url-status=dead |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203022822/http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0120/TKY200601200325.html |archive-date=3 February 2006 |quote=判決によると、同掲示板に０４年３～１２月、有道さんが人種差別主義者であるかのような中傷などが１２件掲載されたが、管理人は有道さんの削除要請に応じなかった。 [In total, twelve slanderous messages were posted calling Arudou a white supremacist between March and December 2004. The admin ignored his request they be deleted.]}}</ref> In 2008, he told ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' he has no intention of paying, saying, "If the verdict mandates deleting things, I'll do it," but, "I just haven't complied with demands to pay money. Would a cell phone carrier feel responsible when somebody receives a threatening phone call?"<ref name="2chrevenue" />

=== As plaintiff ===
{{See also|2channel#Domain seizure and split}}

Nishimura has filed a number of lawsuits against Jim Watkins in connection with his allegation that 2channel was illegally seized. He has attempted to repossess the domain both through [[WIPO]]'s [[Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy]]<ref name="WIPO2016" /> and through the [[Judicial system of Japan#Courts|Japanese court system]].<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=In re: Race Queen Inc. |court=Tokyo District Court |pinpoint=平成29年(ワ)第3428号 |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_jp/327/089327_hanrei.pdf |quote=被告は，平成１６年から平成２９年９月３０日まで，継続して本件電子掲示板を管理・運営し [From 2004 to at least September 30, 2017, the defendants operated the textboard.]}}</ref><!--The Watkinses have claimed to have appealed and won in either the Tokyo High Court or the Supreme Court of Japan, but as I've not been able to find the judgment, I'm not sure if it's executory/final or not, or if it even exists. Also, they're obviously biased towards the strength of their case, so might not be reporting Court processes accuracy for whatever reason. So, their [[WP:SPS]]'s should ''not'' be added, only third party verifications. They are of course free to share the judgment with the world if it exists.--> Through the [[Japan Patent Office]], Nishimura owns the [[trademark]] "2channel",<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=In re trademark registration T5843569 |court=Japan Patent Office |opinion={{Nihongo2|無効}}2017-890013 (Invalidity case 2017-890013) |date=26 July 2019 |url=http://shohyo.shinketsu.jp/originaltext/tm/1352426.html |quote=本件電子掲示板の事業が請求人（レースクイーン社）に適法に譲渡されたことを示す証拠はない [There is no evidence that the electronic BBS business was legally transferred to the plaintiff (Race Queen Inc).]}}</ref> though the WIPO refused to intervene on his behalf on account of that, suggesting the parties go to court instead as it was not, in its view, a case of "[[cybersquatting]]" but rather a "business dispute".<ref name="WIPO2016" />