ACS Sues Google Over Use of 'Scholar'

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."

Comments

Why do people do this? Who gives a shit..

[DroopyStonx]

The only thing they do when companies make a big stink about stupid shit like this is make themselves look bad.

"OOooh you used SCHOLAR, I'm gonna SUE YOU!"

Fuck off.

Just like Microsoft getting pissed at MikeRoweSoft. They really made an ass out of themselves.

We REALLY need to start adding some common sense into IP laws. They don't own the word scholar, they most certainly don't own the word "scholar" in conjunction with a search engine.