Sometimes a powerful company tries to force a smaller one to give up a domain name that was legally acquired in good faith by the smaller company. When the smaller company realizes that it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to defend the suit, the big guy proposes a settlement under which the small company parts with the name for a relatively meager sum. In other words, the powerful company ends up getting what it wants simply because the court system is manifestly unfair to those who can't afford attorneys. There are strategies to fight this sort of bullying. If the small company has the resources, of course, it can mount a defense and actually win.
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