Arbitrators Says Groovle Not Confusingly Similar To Google
from the didn't-expect-that dept
In domain name arbitration disputes, it often seems like the big name almost always wins — but apparently not always. Canadian search engine Groovle (which actually uses Google as its underlying technology) has won a domain name dispute with Google, as the panelists reviewing the dispute said that Groovle wasn’t simple enough to confuse people, and people probably thought of the word “groovy” or “groove” more than Google when they saw Groovle. This really is a bit surprising, since it’s pretty rare for the small players to win these sorts of disputes.
Filed Under: domain names, trademark
Companies: google, groovle
Comments on “Arbitrators Says Groovle Not Confusingly Similar To Google”
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Or, you know, don’t.
I can see a typo with ‘goovle’, but the ‘r’ is out of the way. My first thought was ‘groovIe’ not ‘google’.
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Better marshal the lawyers Mike.
I say Groovle IS confusingly similar to Google! After all, I am stupid, so how am I supposed to tell them apart?
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What a moron.
Mike, please fix techdirt. It is broken.
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Look, an impostor!
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… this looks like the opening of a Monty python sketch. it really does. (some variation on the witch scene from the Holy Grail)
it’s also easy to tell which ones are not written by the real Anti-Mike…
they’re either funny or make sense
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If Mike doesn’t want to make accounts work like you want them to, he won’t – just stop using the website. If the public thinks it is wrong, they won’t use their service. Quit scolding him like a child. It’s his choice.
Oh, hi there, Anti Mike the Clueless Hypocrite. Maybe if you change your username to that there will be less confusion.
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On the contrary, Techdirt is clearly working.
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Not really… but I don’t expect you to understand.
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Ah yes, the impostor uses the classic dodge.
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I understand perfectly. You have a problem with Morons in a Hurry not being able to tell who is the real deal.
It’s not TechDirt’s fault that you aren’t distinguishable from copycats.
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I couldn’t help but notice that you did NOT use the “claim old comments” feature when you signed up for your account, which I assume is because you want to be able to pick and choose which things you will admit to having said in the past.
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Ha Ha, But What About Google
Is there anyone who thinks that Google may has a potential problem with its name when people make it a verb and use it synonymous with “search the Internet”? Go up the Escalator with your Thermos and take an Aspirin after your Shredded Wheat?
Re: Ha Ha, But What About Google
Actually, in Google’s case, it’s probably a good thing. The day people start saying they’re going to go “Bing” something is when they have a problem.
Google is starting to behave questionably. I also notice how they put their googleupdater thing in the tasks directory so I that it starts up with my computer even though it’s not on MsConfig. Kinda sneaky, IMO. Since when has Google resorted to litigation to eliminate the competition?
“This really is a bit surprising, since it’s pretty rare for the small players to win these sorts of disputes.”
Well, except, if it’s a company that actually provides a decent product for a decent price and competes with evil rich corporations. Google generally isn’t evil, and so courts will tend to rule against them (while they tend to rule in favor of EVIL big corporations), though suing for trademark infringement isn’t like them.
Got it right
I think I have to agree with the ruling here and I would hope to see more ruling like it. While at a glance the word groovle might look similar to google it should take much more than that to strip the domain from a person or company. If you go to the groovle home page it is clearly different than google.
LOOK at your keyboard
i sense this was just a way to get hits form the mistakes of people actually going to google but hitting a ‘v’ instead of a ‘g’. GOOGLE would have done better making that a case. Rather then the similarity.
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The letter ‘R’ will be suing you for ignoring it in favor of other letters.
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Ah, but the orientals ignore the letter R and substitute the letter L. A ACLU case awaiting