The origins of the name for Google, Inc. go back to a comic strip created by Billy DeBeck nearly 93 years ago, and
still regularly published as Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
It seems to me
the use of "google" as a verb meaning to use "Google" has little impact on the
legal issues. The plaintiff in this case can bear witness that Google
vigorously protects its trademark, and the evidence seems unequivocal that same
plaintiff wishes to invite "likelihood of confusion" by applying the same
trademark to other search enterprises.
I see no evidence of anything other
than the success of the Google trademark in branding a particular search
product, and thus have no sympathy at all for the plaintiff's
arguments.
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