Gmail Trademark Dispute

Independent International Investment Research, a British company that specialises in research and has several leading City investment banks as clients, argues that it launched "G-MailTM web based email" in May 2002.

An independent valuation report commissioned at the end of last year by IIR, whose clients include Bank of America and Commerzbank, estimated a "conservative" value of between £25 million and £34 million for a royalty claim against Google for the G-Mail trademark.

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