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Gmail Becomes Google Mail in the UK

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-just-a-pain dept.

akadruid writes "As of today, UK Gmail users are seeing 'Google Mail' at the top of their Gmail accounts, and Google is warning they may lose their '@gmail.com' addresses in the future. All new signups from the UK will be assigned '@googlemail.com' addresses, and existing accounts will be able to use either domain for now. Gmail's help pages explain this is related to their ongoing dispute regarding the Gmail trademark."

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  1. FAQ-ing confusing by eyeoftheidol · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else confused by the FAQ? Q4 and Q5 are the same ("What if I'm a UK user who already has a Gmail address?") but the answer is different! Am I missing something? ....

  2. Quick! by semaj · · Score: 2, Funny
    Someone from the US login to my account so they don't think I'm in the UK!
    Username: semaj
    Password: onlyjoking
    Seriously: I wonder what criteria they'll use to decide if someone is "in" the UK or not?
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    1. Re:Quick! by Mantees+de+Tara · · Score: 2, Funny

      To the Author: please delete this comment. I am working in a IT support phone service and I am currently being flooded by request of "why semaj email doesn't work on my computer"

  3. Hmmm... by jolyonr · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear they wanted 25 million GBP (over $40 million) for the gmail name in the UK.

    Did they trademark 'BlackMail' too?

    Jolyon

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    1. Re:Hmmm... by Astatine210 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe someone had patented "Checking whether someone had trademarked a name before you use it" and was asking for £26m before Google could use it.

    2. Re:Hmmm... by EnsilZah · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, i believe that's an open standard.

    3. Re:Hmmm... by MacGod · · Score: 2, Funny

      Did they trademark 'BlackMail' too?


      Hey! We call that "AfricanAmericanMail" now, you insensitive clod!

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  4. So much for by w.p.richardson · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Archive, don't delete"...

    Kind of a moot point when you lose the email address.

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  5. Is Google String in the pipeline??? by jkrise · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time to trademark G-string...
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    1. Re:Is Google String in the pipeline??? by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Personally, I'm looking to see if there's a trademark for G-Spot, but if it exists I can't find it...

  6. Re:I hate these freeloaders by bodger_uk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Any large corporation would / should search before they use a name. Given that the German company had a TM registration application in 2000 and the UK company has been providing service under that name since 99 then opportunism does not come into it. It is likely that they raised objections as soon as Google launched their service but it has only just come to a head and been made public. Maybe if Google had used a well known search engine before launch it would have shown the name already in use.

  7. So, who... by Vo0k · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who's that lovely company who dared to stand up against the evil giant? Give us the name and address so we could send them our love!

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  8. Re:Privacy issues? by generic-man · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's okay. All the really important e-mail has a disclaimer at the bottom noting that it is for the intended recipients only. That makes it illegal for another person to read it. If another person reads it, they have to notify the sender and delete the message.

    /me takes tongue out of cheek

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  9. Definition of "in?" by portscan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well that all depends on what the definition of "is" is...

  10. Re:Yep by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Granted, whoever wins claim to 'GMail' is going to have some extra SMTP traffic to deal with ;-)

  11. Re:IIIR used the gmail name since 2002 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "dissolve the company as a lesson"?

    Yeah, give those guys 40M and then let them retire without an employment agreement!

    That'll teach those bastages!

  12. Re:Do no evil, and ignore the courts by tehshen · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you have an existing GMail account, try sending yourself an email at username@googlemail.com. You'll get the message.

    Keep quiet about it, I'm trying to get people to buy all the new special GoogleMail invites I have

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