Chinese Court Tosses Out Guge Lawsuit Against Google Over Name
from the nice-try dept
A few weeks ago we noted that a company named Guge was suing Google in China, claiming that Google ripped off its trademarked name by using the name Guge in that country. The problem? The company Guge only named itself that a few days after Google announced plans to use the name Guge in China. That seemed like a pretty blatant moneygrab, and thankfully, the Chinese courts have agreed, tossing out the lawsuit and allowing Google to continue to use the name.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: china, names, trademarks
Companies: google
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Money Involved
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Chinese Trademark Laws?
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Anyways, I had thought cases like this in the US had been thrown out before. Though lately they'd just go on down to Marshall Texas and get a free meal ticket.
Its a good thing I have ethics I suppose, otherwise I'd jump on the easy money bandwagon too.
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