A poor legal decision? Mr. Nissan won his case.
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Biggest mistake -- getting legal advice from this forum.
Second biggest mistake -- thinking that good legal advice is free.
Before taking paid legal advice I would be very careful as well. Lawyers who don't specialize in IP, may give you advice, but more likely then not, they have little or no idea what they're talking about. Even IP lawyers need to have expertise in domain cases and law. Then you need to get the right lawyer. I know of at least one Law Firm which specializes in IP and noone in the law firm even knew how a domain is transferred, and this firm was hired buy one of the bigger companies in the US.
Secondly, you can't afford to ask every basic question to a lawyer. Lawyers fees, especially IP are not cheap. Really, you need to get informed first of what really needs to be clarified professionally.
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Oh, and by the way, are you sure Mr Nissan won. There have been and maybe still are numerous court decisions, but winning a court case is a small issue. What about time, money and anguish involved; or then again the high publicity that he's won. The legal battle here seems to have been a relatively small issue.