In China, Google grapples with Gmail domain dispute
Posted in: Domain Names at 28/02/2007 15:38
In China, Google grapples with Gmail domain dispute
Google is having trouble getting hold of gmail.cn with the company that currently holds the domain name refusing to sell it to Google and seem to be not interested in negotiating, refusing to answer phone calls and reply to emails. The Reuters article notes "the Gmail.cn case may prove more trying, given that intellectual property issues in China can become complicated by politics, the source added, especially between U.S. and Chinese firms."
