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   The Panty-Mike, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 9:00pm

   
   

   What if I started Tech Dirk? Blah blah blah.

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   The Antsy-Mike, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 9:02pm

   
   

   Stop copying me!

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   sinsi, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 9:22pm

   
   

   I can see a typo with 'goovle', but the 'r' is out of the way. My first thought was 'groovIe' not 'google'.

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 10:10pm

   
   

   Tekdirt:
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   Techsoil:
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   Techearth:
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   Techmud:
   http://www.techmud.c om/
   
   TechTerra
   http://www.techterraorganics.com/
   
   Better marshal the lawyers Mike.

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   The Anti Mike, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 10:11pm

   
   

   I say Groovle IS confusingly similar to Google! After all, I am stupid, so how am I supposed to tell them apart?

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   The Anti-Mike (profile), Dec 30th, 2009 @ 10:22pm

   
   

   What a moron.
   
   Mike, please fix techdirt. It is broken.

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   The Anti Mike, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 10:27pm

   
   

   Look, an impostor!

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   Chargone (profile), Dec 30th, 2009 @ 10:49pm

   
   

   ... this looks like the opening of a Monty python sketch. it really does. (some variation on the witch scene from the Holy Grail)
   
   it's also easy to tell which ones are not written by the real Anti-Mike...
   
   they're either funny or make sense

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 30th, 2009 @ 11:26pm

   
   

   If Mike doesn't want to make accounts work like you want them to, he won't - just stop using the website. If the public thinks it is wrong, they won't use their service. Quit scolding him like a child. It's his choice.
   
   Oh, hi there, Anti Mike the Clueless Hypocrite. Maybe if you change your username to that there will be less confusion.

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    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 12:13am

    
    

    On the contrary, Techdirt is clearly working.
    
    The fact that you had to create your own personal profile shows just how well it works.

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    Ha Ha, But What About Google

    

    DB, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 6:41am

    
    

    Is there anyone who thinks that Google may has a potential problem with its name when people make it a verb and use it synonymous with "search the Internet"? Go up the Escalator with your Thermos and take an Aspirin after your Shredded Wheat?

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    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 7:44am

    
    

    Google is starting to behave questionably. I also notice how they put their googleupdater thing in the tasks directory so I that it starts up with my computer even though it's not on MsConfig. Kinda sneaky, IMO. Since when has Google resorted to litigation to eliminate the competition?
    
    "This really is a bit surprising, since it's pretty rare for the small players to win these sorts of disputes."
    
    Well, except, if it's a company that actually provides a decent product for a decent price and competes with evil rich corporations. Google generally isn't evil, and so courts will tend to rule against them (while they tend to rule in favor of EVIL big corporations), though suing for trademark infringement isn't like them.

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    Re: Ha Ha, But What About Google

    

    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 8:15am

    
    

    Actually, in Google's case, it's probably a good thing. The day people start saying they're going to go "Bing" something is when they have a problem.

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    The Fancy-Mike, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 8:35am

    
    

    Or, you know, don't.

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    The Anti-Mike (profile), Dec 31st, 2009 @ 8:50am

    
    

    Not really... but I don't expect you to understand.

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    The Anti Mike, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 10:14am

    
    

    Ah yes, the impostor uses the classic dodge.

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    Got it right

    

    Steven (profile), Dec 31st, 2009 @ 10:52am

    
    

    I think I have to agree with the ruling here and I would hope to see more ruling like it. While at a glance the word groovle might look similar to google it should take much more than that to strip the domain from a person or company. If you go to the groovle home page it is clearly different than google.

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    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 11:27am

    
    

    I understand perfectly. You have a problem with Morons in a Hurry not being able to tell who is the real deal.
    
    It's not TechDirt's fault that you aren't distinguishable from copycats.

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    doughless (profile), Dec 31st, 2009 @ 11:29am

    
    

    Mike could probably fix the username thing, but then he'd probably be in violation of some patent that attempts to compare similar usernames so that "Im a moron" can't be registered when "I'm a moron" is already taken.

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    LOOK at your keyboard

    

    hrrrmmm, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 1:12pm

    
    

    i sense this was just a way to get hits form the mistakes of people actually going to google but hitting a 'v' instead of a 'g'. GOOGLE would have done better making that a case. Rather then the similarity.

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    Re: LOOK at your keyboard

    

    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 1:22pm

    
    

    The letter 'R' will be suing you for ignoring it in favor of other letters.

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    Re: Re: LOOK at your keyboard

    

    Anonymous Coward, Dec 31st, 2009 @ 2:09pm

    
    

    Ah, but the orientals ignore the letter R and substitute the letter L. A ACLU case awaiting

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    Marcus Carab (profile), Jan 1st, 2010 @ 10:57am

    
    

    I couldn't help but notice that you did NOT use the "claim old comments" feature when you signed up for your account, which I assume is because you want to be able to pick and choose which things you will admit to having said in the past.

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