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"Having been rebuffed by an ICANN panel, search giant Google brought its battle against Froogles.com to U.S. court.

"Google filed a trademark infringement suit (.pdf) against Richard Wolfe, operator of the relatively tiny Froogles.com, on Monday. The search provider complained that consumers could confuse Wolfe’s bargain-shopping site with Google’s Froogle and even the name Google itself — even though Wolfe had been using the name Froogles since December 2000. Wolfe applied for trademark protection for the name in September 2003."

Susan Kuchinskas. Google Versus Froogles Redux. InternetNews.com. April 18, 2005.

See also:
Loren Baker. Google Files Suit Against Froogles for Trademark Infringment. Search Engine Journal. April 18, 2005.

Mark Harrington. Google Fights for Its Oogle. Sun-Sentinel.com. April 14, 2005.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Google Inc., v. Richard Wolfe d/b/a Froogles.com. (.pdf) April 8, 2005.

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