AdSense

[Midano]

Just a little observation.

"AdSense" is clearly Google's trademark (check USPTO).
You would think they would turn inside out to get adsense.com.
Think again. www.adsense.com is a small consulting company is the middle of nowhere.
Google either (a) doesn't care or (b) lost the case. Both scenarios seem to be equally unlikely.
Can anyone shed some light?

 

[dabb]

It looks like adsense.com was registered in Feb 1997 long before Google came into existance (google.com registered in sep 1997) or became the monster it is today. Just because a billion dollar company picks a name, it doesn't mean the existing owner of a name has to fork it over. I think there was a recent lawsuit over froogle.com which existed before Googles froogle, but I forgot who won.

 

[Ben42]

Well if those Adsense people had some guts they'd take on google. Wouldn't that be a turnaround? A little guy taking on a big company over a name dispute!!!

Not gunna happen.... :lol:

 

[Midano]

Well if those Adsense people had some guts they'd take on google. Wouldn't that be a turnaround? A little guy taking on a big company over a name dispute!!!

Not gunna happen.... :lol:

I guess the "little guy" gets a bunch of type-ins (and some business) courtesy of Google and they're happy with it.
The real twist would've been if they had Ads by Goooooogle running on their site.

 

[Ben42]

The real twist would've been if they had Ads by Goooooogle running on their site.

Well put, :lol:

Actually, I've seen a lot of adsense ads for adsense right on this site, heh.

 

[.X.]

Well if those Adsense people had some guts they'd take on google. Wouldn't that be a turnaround? A little guy taking on a big company over a name dispute!!!

Not gunna happen.... :lol:

Hehe,No not gonna happen,Google would throw down a million bucks like it was chicken feed,To big of an empire.

 

[jamminsport16]

yeah. i wish i could hav that million =]

 

[EbookLover]

Uh oh, looks like this might turn out to be a similar case to Nissan.com if google pursues it at some point.

 

[JoshHendo]

It looks like adsense.com was registered in Feb 1997 long before Google came into existance (google.com registered in sep 1997) or became the monster it is today. Just because a billion dollar company picks a name, it doesn't mean the existing owner of a name has to fork it over. I think there was a recent lawsuit over froogle.com which existed before Googles froogle, but I forgot who won.

With Froogle.com it looks like Google won because if you go to freegle.com it goes to google's froogle. I am suprised that Google hasen't offered the owner of www.adsense.com a large sum of money to get it. It isn't like Google can't afford it