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Old 07-23-2004
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Google's Challenge of 'Froogles' Rejected


Google's Challenge of 'Froogles' Rejected


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Google Inc.'s right to use the name "Froogle" for its online shopping service came into question Friday when an arbitration panel rejected the company's challenge of a Web site named Froogles.com.
Froogle's trademark filing (via USPTO)

Google's trademark filing for Froogle (via USPTO)

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And don't forget the Googles versus Google trademark infringement suit, filed earlier this month.
http://washington.bizjournals.com/wa...05/daily7.html

One little "s" causing all these problems...
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Several other products/services have "Googles" registered with the USPTO. Simply run a search for the term.

Here's the registration by the company suing Google. It's been registered since 1997.

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