Chinese Law Suit: "We just want Google to change their commercial name"

By Andy Beal on July 13, 2007

Chinese Law Suit: "We just want Google to change their commercial name"

It’s not too much to ask, is it? If Google would just change the name of their company, a small Chinese business will drop their law suit. Seems fair, don’t you think?

A spokesman for Beijing Guge Science and Technology said Google’s commercial name had led to the company being constantly disturbed by people calling up its office trying to contact the search engine.
“We just want Google to change their commercial name,” Tian Yunshan, a company official, said today.
“We have already passed our demands on to Google … We will see what happens in court.”

The problem arises from the Chinese translation of Google to “Guge.” Chinese residents searching for Google’s telephone number end up calling Beijing Guge instead.

I feel bad for the company getting all of the phone calls, but worse for all the Chinese that believe Google actually offers telephone support.

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5 comments on “Chinese Law Suit: "We just want Google to change their commercial name"”

Brian Chappell Says:

July 13th, 2007 at 11:19 am

The wins the funniest story of the week reward. Hilarious.
Andy Beal Says:

July 13th, 2007 at 11:20 am

@Brian – I just hit publish – you have mad-crazy commenting skillz.
Brian Chappell Says:

July 13th, 2007 at 11:28 am

And mad grammar typo skillz!

But yea, slow day at work
Bushido Says:

July 16th, 2007 at 8:00 am

Haha. Funny stuff. Couldn’t they just add on their website a notice saying that that number ISN’T Google’s?
Translation Says:

July 8th, 2008 at 9:20 am

incredible… imagine all those calls.