One court of Germany made the award a few days ago, claimed Google can’t continue using Gmail trade mark in Germany, will commit the crime of infringing otherwise.
Senior the intersection of adviser on legal affairs and Arnd Haller, Company of Google, claim though the intersection of Google and Company show to the intersection of Hansom and the intersection of alliance and advanced the intersection of area and award that court make sorry in statement, but it shows this award will not influence it to offer the based on network E-mail service in Germany.
Meanwhile, Google Company can’t use Gmail trade mark in Britain either, it will use Google Mail as the name of its service in these two countries.
A spokeswoman of Google Company shows, the company has already put forward the application of registering Gmail trade mark within the range of European Union to European Union, the company has already got permission to use Gmail trade mark in the other European Union areas except Britain and Germany.
According to Google, it introduced Gmail network mail service for the first time in 2004, had already had Gmail trademark right in more than 60 countries or regions of the whole world at present.
The trademark right of German Gmail is 33 -year-old entrepreneur Giersch all from now, it applied for this trade mark in 2000.
According to Giersch, the legal dispute about the affiliated question of Gmail trademark right will also continue going on in countries such as Spain, Portugal and Switzerland,etc. between he and Google Company.
Google has not used Gmail trade mark in Britain, because it is all trade marks of other people now. Google company representative does not know either who Britain Gmail proprietor of the trade mark is, Google Company already confirmed that owner is not Giersch.
In Switzerland, Google and Giersch gain access to Gmail trade mark name. According to Giersch, he will try every means to prevent Google from using Gmail trade mark in Switzerland.
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