In name dispute, it's Googles vs. Google

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Internet search giant Google is the target of a trademark complaint filed by the owners of children's Web site Googles.com.
The company said it filed two separate actions, asserting that Google has overstepped its rights to market goods and services aimed at children, based on Stelor's own trademark rights on the Googles.com name.
Source: News.com

Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I don't yet know the facts on this case, but it somehow smells of money grubbing. Perhaps if Googles had trademarked their name first, they might have a legitimate case. Whaddaya bet though, Googles is going under and this is their last grasp at staying solvent?
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I'm with you. If it were that big of a deal, wouldn't they have done it much sooner?
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2004
    I don't have any more specific facts than the previous posters, but there are many cases where two disparate companies who share a similarity of names reach an agreement where as long as neither is engaged in the same type of business they leave each other alone.

    The classic case of circumstance changing an agreement of this type is the recent Apple v. Apple suit where the music company got a little bent out of shape when the computer company began their itunes service.

    Still, it does strike me as opportunism on Googles' part.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    OK, I actually read the news article. Apparently Googles did trademark their name before Google did. Interesting enough, Google sued an unrelated site named, Boobles, for having a name too close to Google. Maybe I'll root for the little guy in this case.
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