Europe's G-Mail beats Google's GMail

In more trademark news Google have lost the right to call their web email service 'GMail' in Europe as G-Mail is a registered trademark belonging to a German firm who defended it vigorously in court:

"Google irked some British bloggers this week by changing its free Gmail service to Google Mail in the United Kingdom in order to end a trademark dispute. The search giant said it decided to change the suffix after protracted wranglings with research firm Independent International Investment Research (IIIR), which uses the name G-mail to refer to a part of its financial analytics software. While all previous Gmail accounts will remain valid, new U.K. users signing up for Google's email service will be given accounts ending in @googlemail.com, rather than @gmail.com"

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