Gmail Under Trademark Dispute

fbform writes "As reported by this article on InternetNews, when news about Google's IPO broke on March 31, 2004, some companies (Cencourse, Precision Research and ProNet Analytics) made a beeline for the USPTO to get Gmail trademarked in their name, as Google's IPO prospectus said that its unregistered trademarks included Gmail. Google itself was fourth in line, and it was followed by the Gospel Music Association. This might be a very sticky issue because USPTO Trademark Administrator Sharon Marsh says 'The application process is first come, first served. Applications are processed as they're received, and the person second in line will get a refusal of registration from our examiner.' All of which means that between Google's delay in applying for the trademark, the other organizations' attempt at what can only be called cybersquatting, and the USPTO's bureaucracy, Google could well be denied the use of Gmail as a trademark."

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Re:I will pass on the "favors"

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This sort of forum does *not* warrant the time to proofread a comment for grammatical purity, nor do any of it's [sic] readers deserve the effort on my part.

Then what makes you think your comments warrant our spending any time reading them, or modding then up? My comments aren't deathless prose, but I do take the time to preview them (several times) to check the html and the grammar and quality if the argument I'm making, and to spell check them.

That's part of the reason I tend get modded up a lot: I care about giving those who are generous enough to me to take the time to read what I have to say, a decent value in return for their time and effort.

If we who read your comments aren't worth your efforts, if the comments don't matter to you, why are you wasting our time? Why are you wasting your own time writing the comments?