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Google Gains Rights To Google.ru
30 Apr 2004  printer version
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raiting (-2/4) Cybersquatting is a common occurrence in Russia. Internet laws were slower to develop and because of that, there have been numerous incidents where international corporations have found their namesake URL domains already taken. Google, the Internet’s favorite search engine, has had a Russian interface since the spring of 2002, but not until April 3, 2004, was Google Technology finally able to register a proper Russian second-level domain name (in the .ru zone) for its search engine. Russian Internet users who typed Google.com into the location window of their browsers were automatically redirected to Google’s mirror at www.google.com.ru. www.google.ru was being used by Avalanche, a Russian company that got the domain from Denis Gledenov, an infamous Russian domain investor. Russian Internet culture developed later than the Western Internet culture. Russian law also took longer to surface online — as many international companies who came to Russia to do business had a chance to find out the hard way. All the way back at the dawn of the Internet Age in Russia, some people were already thinking of profiting from Western expansion. Coca-Cola, Nokia, Kodak, Audi, and most recently, Google, have all had to battle cybersquatters who had registered Western trademarks as domain names. Other articles in Technology:  Readers' CommentsNo comments Add your commentary |
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