Singapore Law Blog

Google stopped using the Gmail name in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2005, temporarily ending a trademark dispute. The Gmail service there is now known as Googlemail.

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.

Google is said to have voluntarily ceded the trademark to London-based Independent International Investment Research (IIIR).

This follows a similar situation in Germany where a court temporarily ordered Google to change the name of its Gmail product in Germany. This followed a suit in Germany by by Giersch Ventures. The product is also called "Google Mail" in Germany, pending the outcome of that trial.