All losers here ...
This is silly. THF may have had a case as the association was so strong. But Forte Lubricants - no chance. They may have had a better chance against MarkMonitor (fortelubricants.co.uk & com).
It should have been where the haggling between the two end up. A domain squatter (yes, they shouldn't exist) but they do want to sell and ITW wants to buy. Clearly £20k is rather heavy for that type of domain now THF is out of the way. a decent broker should have found an acceptable rather lower price playing Successful off against MarkMonitor for the business. ITW appeared to be willing to pay something (=>£1,000) and the unsuccessful legal action must have cost rather more.
Not all losers. The lawyers who gave bad advice were probably the winners.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
