Google Loses Domain Fight Over Froogles.com

Posted by simoniker on Monday July 26, 2004 @08:01AM from the googles-google-differentiation dept.

steveshaw writes "According to SiliconValley.com, an ICANN arbitration panel has rejected Google's challenge of a Web site named Froogles.com. This means that the Froogles.com name will remain with the current owner. Also, the current owner is opposing Google's attempt to register Froogle with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, contending the mark would be an infringement of his Froogles.com mark." The story also notes: "Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., has filed 18 domain name disputes at the ICANN panel, challenging names like 'googlesex.com,' 'google.biz' and 'googleme.com.' It has won every challenge but Froogles.com."

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And meanwhile... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-26 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...the fruit of the unholy union between fraggles and doozers continues to spread.
Inevitable by serjinn · 2004-07-26 08:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

IFOWONGO
Re:heh by Finuvir · 2004-07-26 12:49 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I bet she has pointy knees

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