If they're running such a great business, why would they use a blatantly anti-competitive legal maneuver? Furthermore, if they do want to run the business, why

If they're running such a great business, why would they use a blatantly anti-competitive legal maneuver? Furthermore, if they do want to run the business, why are they making Groupon buy them? Why not just raise the sale price for the domain/trademark? This move makes Scoopon look like a build-to-flip, rather than a meaningful business on its own, which would worry me if I were one of their customers or merchants.