Google loses Gmail Battle in Germany
Google has lost its battle to enforce the gmail trademark in the German market. The battle was lost to gmail.de (stands for Giersch Mail) who also offer an email service.
Google initially launched its mail service under the gmail (worldwide) trademark before Daniel Giersch sued the search giant.
Google will still launch the Google Mail sevice in the German market however - similar to the UK- Google will have to use the GoogleMail trademark to market its service instead of Gmail.
Google first launched its Gmail Webmail service in 2004 and owns the “Gmail” trademark in more than 60 countries around the world.
