⚖️ Google was once at risk of losing their trademark to “Genericide”. However, luckily the US Federal Appeal Court had ruled otherwise. Reason being that even if the term “google” has become known for searching the internet, Google is just one of the search engines and there are a whole lot more to it apart from just bring a search engine.

📑The Google trademark dispute begins when a man named Chris Gillespie registered 763 domain names that combine “google” with other words and phrases in 2012. Google filed a cybersquatting complaint against the man and claimed trademark infringement. Google prevailed and the man was forced to forfeit all the domains. In retaliation, Gillespie sued Google in a bid to invalidate the trademark claiming that “Google” is a generic term and should not be trademarked.