Comments on: Google sued over Gmail name http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20106 Reader's Write Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:26:50 +0000 #comment-20106 wtf??? O_o no one said anything like that... XD your a moron! XD wtf??? O_o no one said anything like that… XD your a moron! XD

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20084 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:46:14 +0000 #comment-20084 It doesn't matter how hard you wish, you can't remake the world simply because you want it to be different. Check your facts independently - compare the status of Google's & Cencourse's applications at the USPTO. It wouldn't be the first time a big company has f'd up naming something. [Remember Apple's Rendezvous, sorry Bonjour ?] It doesn’t matter how hard you wish, you can’t remake the world simply because you want it to be different.

Check your facts independently – compare the status of Google’s & Cencourse’s applications at the USPTO.

It wouldn’t be the first time a big company has f’d up naming something. [Remember Apple's Rendezvous, sorry Bonjour ?]

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20054 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:50:06 +0000 #comment-20054 Google does own the trademark in the US. And as for those other places that filed for it around the same time... well they were trying to steal it from google first, so that they could charge google for using it/sue them... This happens a lot when a popular company wants to copywrite their new name... some other jackass company will take if first to gain an advantage over them... Google does own the trademark in the US.

And as for those other places that filed for it around the same time… well they were trying to steal it from google first, so that they could charge google for using it/sue them…

This happens a lot when a popular company wants to copywrite their new name… some other jackass company will take if first to gain an advantage over them…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20038 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 03:03:25 +0000 #comment-20038 >At any rate, Google owns Gmail in the US. =P Not according to Cencourse they don't... http://www.gmailusers.com/gmail-trademark-applications.htm >At any rate, Google owns Gmail in the US. =P

Not according to Cencourse they don’t…

http://www.gmailusers.com/gmail-trademark-applications.htm

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20037 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:49:23 +0000 #comment-20037 "This piece of action has come about because IIIR is claiming their rights to the G-Mail name and have requested a 0.5 per cent royalty from Google from GMail's revenue. IIIR claims that their GMail service is available to 10 million users in the United States and that sharing the same name has lead to confusion among their users and their clients." In my mind, that IIIR company doesn't have any right to ask google for money... especially since they are in a different country than Google... Also, Google doesn't "directly" make ANY money off of GMail, cause its a completely free service! =P “This piece of action has come about because IIIR is claiming their rights to the G-Mail name and have requested a 0.5 per cent royalty from Google from GMail’s revenue. IIIR claims that their GMail service is available to 10 million users in the United States and that sharing the same name has lead to confusion among their users and their clients.”

In my mind, that IIIR company doesn’t have any right to ask google for money… especially since they are in a different country than Google…
Also, Google doesn’t “directly” make ANY money off of GMail, cause its a completely free service! =P

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20035 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:44:08 +0000 #comment-20035 http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1776999,00.html http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1776999,00.html

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20034 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:38:22 +0000 #comment-20034 "patent.gov.uk is the UK trademark website. If you search it, you'll find the earliest application is from Google, Inc. on April 14th, 2004. Karen Griffith applied on October 4th, 2004, almost half a year later. So there you go. In the USA, Google applied first, and with an earlier date of first use to boot. Google quickly followed up and applied in the UK as well. These guys, supposedly BASED in the UK, didn't bother for another 6 months. Further, their only reference in their UK application was to their US application. If that application was rejected, the UK one will be too, I would imagine." At any rate, Google owns Gmail in the US. =P “patent.gov.uk is the UK trademark website. If you search it, you’ll find the earliest application is from Google, Inc. on April 14th, 2004. Karen Griffith applied on October 4th, 2004, almost half a year later.

So there you go. In the USA, Google applied first, and with an earlier date of first use to boot. Google quickly followed up and applied in the UK as well. These guys, supposedly BASED in the UK, didn’t bother for another 6 months. Further, their only reference in their UK application was to their US application. If that application was rejected, the UK one will be too, I would imagine.”

At any rate, Google owns Gmail in the US. =P

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20033 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:34:03 +0000 #comment-20033 "According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, the "GMAIL" mark has been assigned to Google, who applied for the mark on April 2nd, 2004. The Trustees of the "Smith Trust", Shane Smith and Karen Griffith, applied for the same "GMAIL" trademark on April 3rd, 2004, one day after Google Inc. The "Smith Trust" has not been assigned the trademark by the US PTO, and the latest rejection of their application was June 11th, 2005. Perhaps someone else can post the equivalent info from the UK? See Google's GMAIL trademark assignment: http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&s no=78395746 [uspto.gov] and the Smith Trust's application status: (rejected) http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&e ntry=78395931 [uspto.gov]" So there! =P proves its just another group of people trying to expliot the system to make money off of google... “According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, the “GMAIL” mark has been assigned to Google, who applied for the mark on April 2nd, 2004. The Trustees of the “Smith Trust”, Shane Smith and Karen Griffith, applied for the same “GMAIL” trademark on April 3rd, 2004, one day after Google Inc. The “Smith Trust” has not been assigned the trademark by the US PTO, and the latest rejection of their application was June 11th, 2005.

Perhaps someone else can post the equivalent info from the UK?

See Google’s GMAIL trademark assignment:
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/q?db=tm&s no=78395746 [uspto.gov]
and the Smith Trust’s application status: (rejected)
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&e ntry=78395931 [uspto.gov]”

So there! =P proves its just another group of people trying to expliot the system to make money off of google…

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20032 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:23:02 +0000 #comment-20032 So, if a US/Global company decides to set up a service with the same name as that already in use by a firm which happens to be British, then the US/G company should prevail simply because they're US/G ? Did I miss the sarcasm in the original reply ? So, if a US/Global company decides to set up a service with the same name as that already in use by a firm which happens to be British, then the US/G company should prevail simply because they’re US/G ?

Did I miss the sarcasm in the original reply ?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/6232/comment-page-1#comment-20027 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Sep 2005 01:01:34 +0000 #comment-20027 What reason could this "British firm" possibly have for wanting the word "Gmail"??? I dont really care about this stupid british firm... they can go shuv it... Google shall stay Gmail, because it works and its popular... Seems like something not quite right is going on... lots of people are trying to sue google for really stupid things... What reason could this “British firm” possibly have for wanting the word “Gmail”???

I dont really care about this stupid british firm… they can go shuv it… Google shall stay Gmail, because it works and its popular…

Seems like something not quite right is going on… lots of people are trying to sue google for really stupid things…

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