New Legal Threat To GMail 526
wellington writes "Google is facing a renewed threat of legal action from a company that claims to own the intellectual property rights to its GMail e-mail service. Independent International Investment Research, a British company that specialises in research and has several leading City investment banks as clients, argues that it launched "G-Mail web based email" in May 2002."
Yeah, but... (Score:5, Funny)
G? (Score:5, Funny)
Fair's fair... (Score:5, Funny)
Let's see, a free email service generating $0 profit. 50% of $0 equals $0.
Settled.
Already done (Score:5, Funny)
AMAil
BMail
CMail
DMail
etc.
ALL MINE!
Yeah, I'm Amazon.com. This whole "Dopefish" thing is just an alias.....
Attack ONE! (Score:5, Funny)
rumors (Score:5, Funny)
The company is "frustrated" with Google's behavior (Score:1, Funny)
Gmail? Where? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Fair's fair... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:G-Mail? (Score:4, Funny)
Obligatory Simpsons quote (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fight Google? (Score:2, Funny)
It is all true.
In other news. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:rumors (Score:5, Funny)
What!?! (Score:5, Funny)
Has anyone even heard of these idiots?
YOU PUT A G IN FRONT OF MAIL.
Don't try to act like it's the light bulb, you snaggletoothed limey.
In the credits at the end of the lawsuit... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fight Google? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fight Google? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:G? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two letters (Score:5, Funny)
I sure wish I could get some of that oral tradition...
Sesame Street should cover this shit. (Score:5, Funny)
I fucking hate laywers (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fight Google? (Score:5, Funny)
I am John William Babbittworth, of the law firm Thompson, Richards, Williamson, Heresford, Babbittworth, Jones and Spencer law firm.
We represent the interests of Independent International Investment Research, which has exclusive trademark rights to all words beginning by the letter "G"...
Re:mods: funny?! (Score:2, Funny)
Is this the geek's version of Girls Gone Wild? Is it coming out on DVD?
Re:From TFA... (Score:4, Funny)
Since when do reptiles have paws ?
Instant Karma (Score:3, Funny)
from here [slashdot.org] onto this topic.
i like (Score:1, Funny)
because it is kinda of a sticky interface
even if it has been ajaxed!
Re:rumors (Score:2, Funny)
What is your penile percentile? [dbarbour.com]
Visiting the page I get:
Object not found!
Now, that's not very nice.
Re:rumors (Score:3, Funny)
That sounds like a lot of work to get her to scream your name. I just leave the fridge door open.