Google wants people to stop googling

ZDNet ^ | August 16, 2006 | Will Sturgeon

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

As always their legal dept has to justify its miserable existence and so it tells them to do this.
They will never stop it. They have become too big for their britches.

[RobRoy]

I'll throw up a Post It note to remind myself later.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Coca Cola zealously guards its "Coke" trademark. That's one of the reasons a flight attendant asks you whether Pepsi would be OK when they don't have Coke.

OK, so what does Coke do about all those people from the south (mostly Texans), who, when asked if they want a Coke, they tell them what kind of "Coke" (i.e. 7Up, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, etc.). "Coke" has thus become synonymous with "soda" or "pop".

[colorado tanker]

I agree. Ordinary folks using the term for their own noncommercial purposes have nothing to fear and in fact aren't the target. What Google needs to prevent is a genericization such that it's competitors could start using the term.

[airborne]

Oh-kay.

Thanks for the informative insight. 8^)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Great minds think alike (see my post immediately above ;-).

[Real Cynic No More]

They're obviously right. Look how the Coca Cola companies have suffered from having 'coke' used as a generic term for pop! /s

I think Google might be trying some reverse psychology here. Surely they're not that stupid.

[RobRoy]

It does sound funny: "Dogpile it!" Now that I mention it, if I went back ten years and said in front of people "just google it" I would get a lot of strange looks.

[FJ290]

You will receive a bill in the mail for using their trademark.

Wonder what they are going to do about these people?

Black Google Eyes Contact Lens Case

[little jeremiah]

Hey Google - Scroogle you!

[raybbr]

I wonder if they have to pay royalties to this guy?

[AzNASCARfan]

Personally I prefer !Yahoo anyway...

[MooseMan]

Waaaaaaaaaaaah!

I'm too popular!

Better hurry and drink the lefty's Kool-Aid.

[FJ290]

I wonder if they have to pay royalties to this guy?

ROFLOL!

[Cobra64]

I suppose it's like people using the word "Kleenex" in reference to any brand of tissue. We all know how devastating that's been to Kimberly-Clark, don't we? Morons.

Can I make a Xerox copy of your comment?

[Screamname]

Don`t forget "a pair of guys who ripped off Yahoo" as well. Stopped using them myself when that China thing came out, also was`t suprised since one of them is a Russian. Guess that Commie thing is always in the blood. Yahoo is all I use now, and they have much more than what those two turds could ever offer. Always stick with the original.

[MooseMan]

I think I'll throw this whole discussion right where it belongs, in the Crapper. What a legacy Mr. Crapper gave us. Ooops, I used his trademark twice, better send 4 cents to the Crapper family.

[Adder]

I imagine Barney Google could sue the pants of those guys...infringement, indeed.

[Wolverine]

Maybe they would like GOOGLE = AGREES WITH CHINESE CENSORSHIP..?

[Screamname]

This reminds me of when Spike Lee sued Spike TV for using his name, and he actually got paid if you can believe it. What gets me is that idiots name isn`t even Spike, it`s "Shelton", plus where does he get off claiming ownership of the name "Spike" when so many Spikes were before him? Spike Milligan, Spike Jonze, Spike Robinson, even Snoopys brother in Peanuts was named Spike well before Shelton was even born.