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ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar'

Posted by timothy on from the because-scholarship-is-all-about-trademarks dept.

headisdead writes "John Batelle is noting that 'The American Chemical Society yesterday filed a complaint against Google, claiming the new Google Scholar infringes on its own product, called SciFinder Scholar.' Fairly typical subscription vs. free dispute, but with intellectual property issues thrown in for good measure."

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  1. awesome by sinner0423 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nothing to see here, folks. It's just the name of Google's service that the ACS is complaining about, not the functionality or content.

    CAS (a division of the ACS - go figure) sells their SciFinder Scholar product, so they're just protecting their money maker.

    Perhaps Google should have searched for "scholar" before they decided to name their new progeny? It is the 8th result in the search, after all.