Groovle

Groovle
Type of site	web search
Owner	Media 207
Website	www.groovle.com
Commercial	Yes
Current status	Inactive

Groovle was a web search site which offered customers the ability to customise their home page. The underlying service was provided by Google but the company was owned and operated entirely independently.

In December 2009, Google lost a court case in which they claimed that the groovle domain was too similar to its own and control should be passed over to them.^[1] Zak Muscovitch, the attorney for Groovle, stated after the case that, "Most people use Google, most people appreciate Google, most people love Google ... but I think most people appreciate when the little guy takes on the giant - and wins."^[2]

References

↑ BBC news: Google loses Canadian Groovle domain name claim
↑ Brian Gray (December 30, 2009). "Ont. Internet firm takes on Google - and wins". London Free Press. https://lfpress.com/news/canada/2009/12/30/12305456.html. Retrieved June 4, 2013.

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[1] BBC news: Google loses Canadian Groovle domain name claim

[2] Brian Gray (December 30, 2009). "Ont. Internet firm takes on Google - and wins". London Free Press. https://lfpress.com/news/canada/2009/12/30/12305456.html. Retrieved June 4, 2013.