Things tend to go poorly for Google in China. The company scored a victory, though, when a lawsuit over its name was dismissed from a Beijing court.
As we reported in July, Google's Chinese arm makes use of the word "Guge"; Beijing Guge Science and Technology labeled this practice a trademark violation. It was also, of course, an opportunity for Beijing Guge Science and Technology to sue a company with a market cap of $222 billion, and many suspected this was what the lawsuit was all about.
Regardless, Lynn Qu reports, "[T]he suit was thrown out because it was established that Google China used the 
name 'Gu Ge' on 12 April 2006, seven days before Beijing Gu Ge registered its name. Beijing Gu Ge claimed in the lawsuit that it had the rights to the name because Google's China subsidiary was not officially registered until 24 November 2006."
Since the Chinese government has so frequently censored and harassed Google, we're a bit surprised to see the court rule in its favor. Also, it's startling to see any legal matter resolved so quickly. So with a hat tip to Barry Schwartz, we'll let this odd matter rest, and allow Chinese Googlers to have a relatively rare celebration.
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