Google left in Germany without Gmail

A three-year trial between Google and German entrepreneur Daniel Hirsch, the owner of the G-mail system, has ended.

The conflict between Google and Hirsch flared up in connection with the launch by the search giant of the German version of the Gmail service. The fact is that Hirsch opened his own G-Mail system back in 2000, and after the appearance of the Google-localized version of the Google Gmail service, Germany began to experience serious difficulties due to the similarity of the names of the two mail services.

Hirsch accused Google of violating the rights to the G-Mail trademark, and last February his complaint was upheld. The European trademark office has banned Google from using the Gmail brand in Germany, but the search giant has challenged the decision. However, subsequently the court upheld the ruling in favor of Hirsch.

As The Local now reports, since the end of last week, when trying to visit the Google mail service from Germany, a message has been shown to users stating that the search giant is forbidden to use the name Gmail for the German version of the service. In Germany, the service is called Google Mail, and its website is located at mail.google.com. Moreover, a hyperlink to this Google website is also prohibited, so users must manually copy the address and paste it into the browser. Moreover, The Local, citing statements by Google representatives, notes that the company generally decided not to use the word Gmail in e-mail related materials in Germany.

By the way, about a year ago, Hirsch announced his intention to file a lawsuit against Google for trademark infringement in Switzerland. So it is possible that in the future Google will be forced to change the name of its mail service in other European countries

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