Google Fined Over German Gmail

A German court has fined Google for using the Gmail.com domain in Germany despite not being allowed to use the trademark in that country. The court ordered Google to pay $14,000 (10,000 Euros) because the use of the domain, even though Google calls it Google Mail there, means that Google is only partially complying with the law and infringing on the true owner of the Gmail name.
At least it wasn’t a lot of money.

Original post by Nathan Weinberg