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Really? With a Google™ in the name, too? What do you think is going to happen in the next two hours? 1) They'll take down your extension because you're violati

Really? With a Google™ in the name, too? What do you think is going to happen in the next two hours? 1) They'll take down your extension because you're violating their ToS and their trademark 2) The extension will already piss off their "partners", but they can't really say that's the reason they're taking it down, so good thing you provided them with option 1)! I have nothing against the extension itself. I search for such headlines all the time in Google, too. I just think it's reckless to taunt Google like this and give them an excuse to shut it down on a silver platter.

k-mcgrady 11y ago
If you use a trademarked name you're supposed to put the tm there. e.g. I used F1 in the name of an app and was contacted by the rights holders. Their only demand was that anywhere I use the text 'F1' I put the tm mark.
icebraining 11y ago
I don't see how he is violating the trademark (though that ™ should be a ®).
- CoryG89 11y ago
  It seems like Google recommends using ™ for most of their trademarks. Their website says that laws about using ® vary from country to country and there are sometimes harsh penalties for using it with an unregistered trademark. It seems at least OK to use ™ if you are unsure. http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.h... http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/rules.html http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/rules.html
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > I don't see how he is violating the trademark AFAIK, without a trademark license, using it to promote your product (including using it as part of your product name) is generally a violation of trademark. Nominal fair use allows you to use the trademark to refer to the thing that trademark names in descriptive text, but not generally as part of the name of your product.

k-mcgrady 11y ago

If you use a trademarked name you're supposed to put the tm there. e.g. I used F1 in the name of an app and was contacted by the rights holders. Their only demand was that anywhere I use the text 'F1' I put the tm mark.

icebraining 11y ago

I don't see how he is violating the trademark (though that ™ should be a ®).

CoryG89 11y ago
It seems like Google recommends using ™ for most of their trademarks. Their website says that laws about using ® vary from country to country and there are sometimes harsh penalties for using it with an unregistered trademark. It seems at least OK to use ™ if you are unsure. http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.h... http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/rules.html http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/rules.html
dragonwriter 11y ago
> I don't see how he is violating the trademark AFAIK, without a trademark license, using it to promote your product (including using it as part of your product name) is generally a violation of trademark. Nominal fair use allows you to use the trademark to refer to the thing that trademark names in descriptive text, but not generally as part of the name of your product.