invitiation only web based e-mail service, and have changed the name of the service to GoogleMail
Another company in the UK already has the rights to the GMail name, and has done for 2 years
before Google established it's own GMail branded offerings . All new UK GMail accounts, as of
today, will have "googlemail.com" rather than "gmail.com" after the @ sign.
From Theinquirer.net - Google forced to drop Gmail name in the UK <=== Full article
GOOGLE HAS BEEN forced to rename its GMail email service in the UKbecause of a legal dispute.
In a statement, the $54.4 billion company says it has been involved in a "dispute
regarding the Gmail trademark in the UK. Another company has claimed rights
to the Gmail name. We have tried to resolve this dispute through
negotiations," it says, "but our efforts have failed".
From TheRegister.co.uk - Google loses its G-spot <=== Full article
A trademark dispute has forced Google to re-brand its Gmail web mail service in the UK.
Existing users get to retain their Gmail address (at least for now) but from Wednesday
onwards new UK users will be given a Googlemail email address instead.
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