Comments on: Google get asinine http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Neil Grogan http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-52981 Neil Grogan Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:27:58 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-52981 Tom it's just normal business practices, every business if they are successful will have to do this at one point or another, thats because if you do not protect your mark, you lose it. Look what happend to hoover, xerox etc. Google does not want that, which seems 100% fair to me... Brand means everything unfortunately! Tom it’s just normal business practices, every business if they are successful will have to do this at one point or another, thats because if you do not protect your mark, you lose it. Look what happend to hoover, xerox etc. Google does not want that, which seems 100% fair to me… Brand means everything unfortunately!

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]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51706 Damien Mulley Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:25:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51706 Scott, I can't see Coke hurting over what people down south call soda. Most people over here say photocopy not Xerox. Scott, I can’t see Coke hurting over what people down south call soda. Most people over here say photocopy not Xerox.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51459 Tom Raftery Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:42:46 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51459 Uh oh Roger - The Google lawyers are even now en route with a raft of documents to sue your ass and keep you in court for the next 10 years! Uh oh Roger - The Google lawyers are even now en route with a raft of documents to sue your ass and keep you in court for the next 10 years!

]]> By: Scott http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51400 Scott Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:53:56 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51400 Half the world seems to have over-reacted to this. I don't blame Google at all and I thought the post was rather light-hearted. If you wanna see "evil" visit http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop Although I can't blame Adobe either. Trademarks are very valuable commodities. Any soft drink in the Southern US is often just "a Coke". Nobody says Petroleum Jelly (even if it's not Vaseline Brand). Want to make a copy of that document. Go "Xerox" it. More often than not people refer to bandages as "Band-Aids". So all those businesses have effectively lost their trademarks. Some companies spend a fortune just coming up with one only to see it vanish in this manner. It's all about Trademarks. :-) Half the world seems to have over-reacted to this. I don’t blame Google at all and I thought the post was rather light-hearted.

If you wanna see “evil” visit http://www.adobe.com/misc/trade.html#photoshop

Although I can’t blame Adobe either. Trademarks are very valuable commodities.

Any soft drink in the Southern US is often just “a Coke”.

Nobody says Petroleum Jelly (even if it’s not Vaseline Brand).

Want to make a copy of that document. Go “Xerox” it.

More often than not people refer to bandages as “Band-Aids”.

So all those businesses have effectively lost their trademarks. Some companies spend a fortune just coming up with one only to see it vanish in this manner.

It’s all about Trademarks. :-)

]]> By: Roger http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51091 Roger Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:21:07 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-51091 I googled "raftery" on Scrudu.ie and you came up first. I googled “raftery” on Scrudu.ie and you came up first.

]]> By: Steven http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50181 Steven Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:43:18 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50181 It's more a case of Google are too successful. Their full range of products isn't encompassed by 'googling'. They want to make people aware that they offer more products than just the search engine. It's a dumb way to go about IMO It’s more a case of Google are too successful. Their full range of products isn’t encompassed by ‘googling’. They want to make people aware that they offer more products than just the search engine.

It’s a dumb way to go about IMO

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50135 Tom Raftery Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:08:57 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50135 Donncha and Randy, sure, I know that but the language of Google's post is that you can't even utter "I googled something at Yahoo! the other day" without, as Randy said, the language police storming the premises. Domain names are an entirely different matter. It is getting ridiculous. Donncha and Randy, sure, I know that but the language of Google’s post is that you can’t even utter “I googled something at Yahoo! the other day” without, as Randy said, the language police storming the premises. Domain names are an entirely different matter.

It is getting ridiculous.

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50132 Robin Blandford Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:04:34 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50132 I can see why they need to protect it! Thermos, Hoover, etc. have completely lost their brand identity. If thermos advertise "Buy a Thermos Flask", you would buy any brand, not a 'thermos' I can see why they need to protect it!

Thermos, Hoover, etc. have completely lost their brand identity.

If thermos advertise “Buy a Thermos Flask”, you would buy any brand, not a ‘thermos’

]]> By: Randy Charles Morin http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50090 Randy Charles Morin Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:03:52 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50090 Here come the lawyers. Google has to do this in order to ensure their trademark down the road. I'm pretty sure their won't be language police after me for use google to describe searching on Yahoo! Here come the lawyers. Google has to do this in order to ensure their trademark down the road. I’m pretty sure their won’t be language police after me for use google to describe searching on Yahoo!

]]> By: Junior http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50019 Junior Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:31:49 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50019 Another Google hack, perhaps?? Anyone know? Another Google hack, perhaps?? Anyone know?

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50002 Donncha O Caoimh Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/google-get-asinine/#comment-50002 It's all about the trademark I'm afraid. The same has happened with people using WordPress in domain names recently. It’s all about the trademark I’m afraid. The same has happened with people using WordPress in domain names recently.

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