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Google to be Sued Over Name?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ludicrous-lawsuits-for-everyone dept.

WK writes "Now that Google's IPO is running, the company is on the verge of being sued by the family of Professor Edward Kasner who invented the word 'Googol' to describe a very big number. The great-niece of Kasner who was 4 years old at the time her uncle died says that although Google has brought attention to the name, it has not brought attention to Kasner's work. Google was not using the concepts, but just capitalizing on the name."

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  1. Re:That's asinine... by stanmann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you could even open up a sit down restaurant selling authentic irish cuisine.

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    Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
  2. Re:Baaahhh.... by JCMay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now owner's can sell


    Owner's what can sell?
  3. I hope your whole family dies... by gnuLNX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a slow cruel death. The world needs to start un-natuarally selecting the smarter of our species and your family gene pool clearly does not provide anything usefull to our species.

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    what?