October 23, 2005

Gmail UK and the importance of global thinking about IP

Google has run into a trademark problem in the UK. It seems that another company is claiming rights in the GMAIL name. So as of October 19, 2005, Google has stopped issuing @gmail.com accounts. It will instead issue @googlemail.com addresses for new email accounts for people in the UK. This illustrates the importance of clearing product names is all relevant markets before launching.

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