Googles sues Google

[aww]

Well "sues" might not exactly be the correct term, but in a bizarre move, a company that has a trademark on the name Googles since 1997 is trying to take away the trademark from the Google search engine which was not incorporated until 1998.

http://zdnet.com.com/2102-1104_2-5259688.html?tag=printthis

Stelor Productions, the company that owns and operates Googles.com, said Wednesday it has initiated trademark proceedings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against Google...

...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.

 

[rabid_nerd]

I published software in 1993 called Yahooo...

I can't get Ziff Davis to find my submission though..

LOL..

 

[RJ]

I'm not sure that they actually have a case, or know why they waited so long to bring the case.

What's interesting though is how much traffic they must be getting on a daily basis just for owning a "typo" of Google.com -- maybe upwards of 100,000 visits/day! Check the overture numbers. And their site appears to be so poorly monetized.

 

[jstep]

ya, you think they would just park it somewhere, and change there name?

wouldnt that make good money?

 

[NameFusion]

google is cool i think its dumb to sue them, i hope they lose

 

[dot]

Originally posted by NameFusion
google is cool i think its dumb to sue them, i hope they lose

I hope they win. They have a valid case..

 

[suthra]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, see the alexa related sites.,
it shows all the search engines.

Alexa is confused it seems

 

[Raf]

Thanks for sharing this news with us aww, who knows who will win really I mean its somewhat of a good case to go after.