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09-12-2005, 09:14 PM
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 Google to court!
Right after Google first launched Gmail, a research firm in the UK pointed out that they already had an email system named G-Mail, and they believe Google was violating the trademark. Well, the two firms have been discussing the matter for 15 months, and whatever Google's been offering for the rights to the name apparently hasn't been enough. The firm is getting ready to take Google to court over the name. Of course, one reason why Google may not have been willing to give in to whatever demands the company had was that they might have a pretty good claim. The research firm's G-Mail wasn't really a regular email system, and you could make a very convincing argument that there's unlikely to be any confusion -- which is the point of trademark law, after all.
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09-12-2005, 09:35 PM
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I think Google has the power to win anyway.
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09-12-2005, 09:50 PM
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I always wondered what that site was...
http://gmail.co.uk/
seems to have dissapeared now anyway  
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09-12-2005, 11:41 PM
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Google, Microsoft, and Apple are all in court every other day, especially the later.
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09-13-2005, 02:33 AM
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woah sleepy, your going to need to change your sig. Search forum rules
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09-13-2005, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sleepy-uk
Google, Microsoft, and Apple are all in court every other day, especially the later.
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yer I agree - they're always sueing one another for something lol
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09-13-2005, 04:40 PM
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lol, they are stupid.
they should've took whatever google was offering because in the end, google will win and they will get nothing.
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09-13-2005, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesYooKay
I think Google has the power to win anyway.
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yep me too
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09-13-2005, 07:14 PM
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Agreed. Google has the money to beat almost anybody...
Anyone else want to see a celeberty deathmatch with Apple, Microsoft, Goodle, and Yahoo?
Ok, just me..
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09-13-2005, 07:35 PM
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Whats so important about "gmail" to them anyway? There a research (heh) company or somthing, what possible use could they have for it?
If I were them I would accept the offer from google. (which is probably sizeable) Well, aslong as they threw in a google t-shirt aswell. 8)
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