Google Sends Legal Threats to Media Organizations

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 14, 2006 @12:47AM from the you-wouldn't-like-google-when-it's-angry dept.

rm69990 writes "Google, becoming more and more concerned about the growing use of the word google as a verb, has fired off warning letters to numerous media organizations warning them against using its name as a verb. This follows google (with a lowercase g) being added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in June. According to a Google spokesperson: "We think it's important to make the distinction between using the word Google to describe using Google to search the internet, and using the word Google to describe searching the internet. It has some serious trademark issues.""

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Evil by nighty5 · 2006-08-14 00:52 · Score: 1, Flamebait

See, Google is starting to become Evil.

Everybody, use the word as you see fit.

The english language is always evolving, the term to become a verb definately will weaken Google's legal stance.