• 4z01235@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        6 months ago

        I’m sure Google didn’t buy those for the purpose of actually using them, but rather to prevent someone else from registering and using them.

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
            3·
            6 months ago

            It’s Google, probably just bought them on the off chance that they would ever do anything with them.

            They are a company where the left hand doesn’t talk to the right hand very often anyway.

          • 4z01235@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            6 months ago

            Two businesses can trademark the same name if they are operating in different industries. Or, the name could have spaces or punctuation that renders the same as a TLD.

            Go Ogle Photographic & Paparazzi Inc. could have a reasonable claim to the same .google TLD. The registration fee is chump change for Google/Alphabet to make sure this can’t happen.