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Internet behemoth Google was barred from using the name Gmail (its email portal) in Germany for nearly a decade \u2014 from its launch in 2005 until April 2014. That is because German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch had already registered the \u2018G-mail\u2019 trademark (short for Giersch mail) in Germany way back in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Internet behemoth Google was barred from using the name Gmail (its email portal) in Germany for nearly a decade \u2014 from its launch in 2005 until April 2014. 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