• Reuters, Friday, December 23, 2005 10:15 AM

Google is being sued again (what else is new?) This time, Christian evangelical group Jews for Jesus is forcing the media giant to hand over control of a Web log hosted on the company's Blogspot service that it says infringes on the Jews for Jesus trademark. The group, which is also seeking punitive damages, alleges that Google illegally allowed the use of its name without consent. A blogger named "Whistle Blower" opened the site, which has just three entries, in January 2005. Surely, this is not the only case of bloggers naming their blog after someone else's trademark. In any event, the disputed blog appears at http://jewsforjesus.blogspot.com and airs critical views of the San Francisco-based organization, according to Reuters. Google said it had not yet reviewed the lawsuit.

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