Friday, July 6, 2007

Google loses trademark case

<A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/05/Google-loses-Gmail-trademark-case-in-Germany_1.html">Google can't use the Gmail name in Germany</A> because doing so would infringe on someone else's trademark, a German court has ruled.

Google regrets the decision by the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court but said the ruling will not affect its ability to offer the Web-based mail service in Germany, Google Senior Legal Counsel Arnd Haller said in a statement.

As in the U.K., where it likewise doesn't own the Gmail trademark, Google provides the service under the name "Google Mail" in Germany.

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