Gmail Trademark in Dispute http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3394361

August 12, 2004
Gmail Trademark in Dispute
By Susan Kuchinskas

While news of the beta launch of Gmail, Google's free Webmail service, thrilled the public, it sent a few companies running to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to stake their claims.

According to USPTO records, Google's March 31 news inspired a bit of a land rush, with four other companies filing applications to set their claims in stone.

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