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Google unable to win the “GMail” brand in Europe

Google has lost the trial for the “GMail” brand name at the OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market ), the European organizations for brands. This means that after winning in front of German courts, the German Daniel Giersch, who had registered the “GMail” brand before Google and who wants to operate a postal-delivery service under that name, was also able to win at the European level. Before, Google tried to by the brand for 250.000 – but Giersch rejected the offer.