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Google loses appeal for Gmail trademark in Europe
As a result, Gmail is now known as Google Mail in Europe. Google's email service is also known as Google Mail in the UK, where another company trademarked "Gmail" shortly after Google launched the service.
And the moral of the story is: The next time you launch any product or service, make sure to trademark the name before. As for Google, the company "got caught slippin" -- as we say in the hip hop world -- so too bad, so sad.
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john said 12:23PM on 3-20-2008
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Maxsquared said 12:22PM on 3-20-2008
Why why why.... can't they change their name? I much prefer gmail too googlemail, it's just too long.
I know there is work arounds, but it's just why do we have to do that?
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John said 2:42PM on 3-20-2008
I am confused. What prevents someone in Europe from signing up with Gmail in the US?
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keeves said 5:34PM on 3-20-2008
Nothing, if you go on a holiday to US, and want a @gmail instead of @googlemail account then sign up then. (also, anyone who signed up prior to the change to @googlemail kept their @gmail address)
whiskey said 10:57PM on 3-20-2008
Try to write to yourself @googlemail.com
In order to make it easier for you... you've got both addresses working...
x20mar said 7:08PM on 3-20-2008
You know, despite the legal name change, everyone will still call it gmail
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Nicki Brøchner said 9:16PM on 3-20-2008
allow me to correct an error in this post. Because this ruling only effecting the German markedet. Since it is only in Germany that Daniel Giersch has the G-Mail trademark.
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andrea said 5:49PM on 5-02-2008
A friend in Germany set up a new "gmail" acct and they got one with googlemail.de, not googlemail.com. Anyone know if they dropped .com for the country domain? He really wanted dot com
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