Google and German courts are making nice-nice with one another again, this time over Google’s Image Search which German courts are taking offense to saying that the thumbnails produced by Google infringe on copyright laws. In the end if this suit prevails against Google, it will be German Internet users and website owners who will lose big. Google image search certainly drives traffic to many sites and makes it easy for people to find what they are looking for. According to the ARS Technica article I read (see link below) Google has lost some other legal battles in European courts, but I hope this is not one of them.

Déjà vu? Yes, just last year Germany concluded a case against Google for use of the name Gmail. According to a CNET news article (link below):

The German appellate court ruled against Google in June (2008) in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. search giant by German venture capitalist Daniel Giersch. Giersch runs an electronic postal delivery business that goes by the name G-mail, which is short for “Giersch mail.”

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Original Article from ARS Technica:
German court: Google Image thumbnails infringe on copyright

Déjà vu: Google VS Germany over Gmail in 2007:
Google fined in German Gmail trademark case

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