OlderDaniel Giersch Beat Out Google
FYI: German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, the ex-husband-to-be of pregnant actress Kelly Rutherford, battled out a legal challenge with Google for nearly three years.
Giersch secured the domain gmail.de, four years after Google tried to acquire it. He claims Google offered him $250,000 for the domain at one point.
“Neither G-Mail nor I can be bought,” Giersch has said. “I have made it clear since the beginning that I will never sell the name. It is my sole intention to realize my idea for a hybrid mail system and I am absolutely convinced of its success. Neither G-Mail nor myself are for sale.”
After years of trying, Google finally decided to give up earlier this year. German users now can’t sign up for “gmail.com” accounts–they get “googlemail.com” instead.
Rutherford, who stars as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl, is three months pregnant with Giersch’s second child and filed for divorce on Dec. 30.
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The guy tossed Google to the floor in Germany? Oh, well. It seems Kelly will meet a tough oponent in Court.
Google could have just raised the offer and the guy would have taken it. Silly. We need another online mail service like a hole in the head.
i LOVE his smooth legs!
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Jared, your article states “Giersch secured the domain gmail.de, four years after Google tried to acquire it.” but I think you should correct it so that it reads “Giersch secured the domain gmail.de, four years BEFORE Google tried to acquire it” as this is what actually happened (don’t want him suing you because he appears to be a tough cookie).
I think he should have sold but with the high name recognition he might be able to make some money with a new e-mail company. Maybe he could partner with google and get some money that way. http://www.collegehookup.org
For 250.000 I will sell them this domain for sure… :-)
is it any wonder WHY she is divorcing him then what a sh#t!
Why does he shave his legs? He looks rather gay, don’t you think?
She is 40ish.
I live in Germany and I recently used vtunnel.com to register gmail.com, and then just continued using it from Germany. Just use proxy with non-german IP for registration.
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