October 2, 2007 1:45 PM PDT
Google fined in German Gmail trademark case
Google has been ordered to pay 10,000 euros (about $14,000) for using the "m.gmail.com" domain for mobile search in Germany in violation of a court order in a trademark case.
"We will pay the money to the German State as required by the Court of Appeal in Hamburg," a Google statement said. "We now use 'Googlemail' across Germany and believe our users are very happy both with the name and the service."
The German appellate court ruled against Google in June in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. search giant by German venture capitalist Daniel Giersch. Giersch runs an electronic postal delivery business that goes by the name G-mail, which is short for "Giersch mail."
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor. 
(Or, maybe, they already take prevision on last quarter for that
great amount of money!!)
- Another US multinational flouts EU law
- by Newspeak finder October 3, 2007 9:16 AM PDT
- Do no wrong??
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(3 Comments)When will US companies stop treating EU law with contempt? If they
don't want to obey the law they shouldn't bother gin the EU.
Microsoft, Google etc need to learn that they better either obey EU
laws or get out.