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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. FIRST NAKED HERMIONE POST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    go Harry! w00t!

  2. More info about lawsuit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    More in-depth info about the suit can be found here

  3. Re:Baaahhh.... by Patik · · Score: 1, Troll

    Way to just paraphrase the parent's comment.

  4. Re:Baaahhh.... by carlos_benj · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, the mods don't "play".... and many of them don't understand "words" either....

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  5. Re:Does anybody know what they would sue under? by ectoraige · · Score: 0, Troll

    <flame>
    American law?
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  6. Re:Baaahhh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're pretty fucking rotten for having a faggy name like JAYSYN.