FT.com (subscription only) and WebProNews report that Google Renames Gmail In U K.
It is reported that Independent International Investment Research, a
UK-based financial research company, owns the trademark G-mail in
around 80 countries. Google has already been forced to rename Gmail in
Germany as another company owned the Gmail trademark there. Google has
said that existing email accounts with a gmail.com account will
continue to work. New accounts will come with googlemail.com as the address.
UPDATE: Google's statement to the press appears to be slightly different to what you see when you log into your gmail/googlemail account which says:
4 What if I'm a UK user who already has a Gmail address? Will that address ever change?
Unfortunately, we don't know. We would love to say that your address will always remain the same. But the trademark issue is still unsettled, and unfortunately, we cannot predict what the other party or the courts might do here. You can always use your same username with an @googlemail.com address to avoid this issue later on. But trust that we will do the best we can to make sure your email address won't ever have to change.
5 What if I'm a UK user who already has a Gmail address? Will I also need to change that address?
No, this change doesn’t affect existing Gmail addresses. For now, our plan is only to issue @googlemail.com addresses to new users. Trust that we will do the best we can to offer all our users a reliable and consistent email experience.
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