Congratulations John! You were exceptional -- they look like the proverbial "one legged man in an ass-kicking contest".
I was ROTHFLMAF over several points but one of my favorite turns was:
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The facts are that Respondent has obtained a valuable domain name, consisting of a rare three letter word, which it has used since such its acquisition for its popular Ant.com Toolbar product. This has nothing to do with the Complainant's U.S. trademark claims in connection with its online retail store services.
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Also grinned when I saw this in the panel's discussion:
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Furthermore, Complainant did state, in its Complaint, that it first used the trademark ANT in 1996. Respondent pours scorn on this claim, pointing out that Complainant did not register its principal domain name until early in 1997 and that Complainant itself was not created in Georgia until then. The Panel agrees...
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And looks like they were close on a finding of reverse hijacking.