Google Loses Gmail Trademark in Europe

[Neoakenz]

Yup you read it right, Google loses Gmail Trademark suit in Europe. Apparently the suit has been going on for quite sometime. It appears that a German born capitalist Daniel Giersch has had the trademark for 6 years. And Google launched their Gmail in 2004. Gmiail offered Daniel Giersch $250,000 for the trademark, Giersch turned it down.

If you want more on the story you may read at


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/31/google_looses_trademark_battle/

I don't think this is an April fools joke:p

[Neoakenz]

I just found more info on this issue.

I think google should just trademark everything that contain a "g" and Apple should just trademark everything that contain a "i"

Not for one million!

Under Gmail.de a user finds not the Google Mailservice but the company site of Daniel Giersch. He wants to summarize under the name G-Mail different means of communication and to offer a post office box for post office, E-Mail, telephone, fax and mobile phone. One could say: He has a vision.

On the other side also someone stands with vision: Google, world-wide more acting Internet in a revolutionary manner, large company headquarters, large war cash, large E-Mail service. That is called in the whole world equal: Gmail. Except in England and Germany.

On the island the Independent possesses internationally Investment Research (IIR) the rights of the use of a name at “Gmail”, in Germany is it entrepreneur and investor Daniel Giersch. Both stand in the way of Googles plans of a globe-re-clamping of uniform E-Mail service. In the united kingdom and in Germany Gmail is called therefore Google Mail.

Also not badly. But not well enough for Google: Gierschs lawyer let 250,000 dollar align, offered to Giersch for the rights to the name. But no chance: Even for several millions dollar he would not let go the rights. “G-Mail is Daniels baby”, quotes The Registerden lawyer. And only under this name his client wants to make business , finally stands for "Giersch Mail".

I am not responsible for any grammar error because this article was translated from german: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,472725,00.html

[delusion]

This definitely isn't an April fools joke. I read about this also a few months back, Google lost it's fight against some German or Polish guy who had the domain Gmail.pl

He registered the domain way before google made gmail and hence thats how he won the fight. Gmail.pl is also an email service :P