欧州では｢Gmail｣は使えない

Daniel Giersch, a German-born 32-year old entrepreneur, has just announced that his company received a positive ruling last week from the Harmonization Office supporting his claim that "Gmail" and his own "G-mail" are confusingly similar.
Google can't use "Gmail" name in Europe - ars technica

ドイツで｢G-mail｣というサービスを展開していたDaniel Gierschという人が｢Gmail｣の名称が混乱をきたすと訴えていた件で､このほどHarmonization Officeとかいうところから色よい返事を貰ったらしい。Googleは一時､彼に対して$250,000をOfferしていたらしいが、結局､今後欧州では｢Google Mail｣が定着しそうとの事。

That's got to sting, as Google is a company used to getting its way, but it comes as consolation to Giersch, who said in an interview last year that "Google's behavior is very threatening, very aggressive and very unfaithful, and to me, it's very evil."
Google can't use "Gmail" name in Europe - ars technica

あらあ、やっぱし評判悪いわ...。こんなところからタダでサービスや物を貰って暮らせると思っている連中はやっぱりアホだね!