Sportsman's learned of the registration, sued to obtain the domain name for its own use and won in U.S. District Court. Sporty's Farms appealed the trial court's decision. During the appeal, Congress passed the anti-cybersquatting act, and the appeals court applied it to this dispute. The court noted that the particular facts in this case didn't mesh well with the criteria set out in the Act for determining bad faith, a necessary ingredient for a successful cybersquatting charge. However, the court also noted that the Act allowed it to go beyond those criteria and, under the unique facts of this case, found that Omega had acted in bad faith.
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