Advanced Technology News
- Company takes Google China to court
Date: 17-Dec-2007 Sources: (Shenzhen Daily)
A CHINESE company has taken Google's China operations to court over what it says is an infringement of the Chinese translation of its name, 'Guge,'according to court documents.
Beijing Guge Sci-Tech Co. was officially registered at the Beijing Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau on April 19, 2006, but Google didn't register the name 'Guge?in China until Nov. 24 of that year, according to court arguments that began in Beijing last week, Beijing Guge Sci-Tech says the name has led to confusion and hurt its business.
Guge Sci-Tech wants Google change its Chinese name and pay legal costs, according to court documents. No specific sum was mentioned.
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