On: Google's Gmail verboten in Germany

[aneesh]

How would closing their German office solve anything?

Google says: "We can't provide service under the Gmail name in Germany"

[jrockway → aneesh]

I'm pretty sure German laws only apply if Google has an office there. If they closed their office, they could call the service whatever they wanted.

[xirium → jrockway]

If they charge a German company to advertise on a German user's email account and they are trading a GMail then it could be a trademark infringement. It doesn't matter where they have offices and it doesn't matter that they don't have control of gmail.de

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