MOVE OVER GOOGLE, WHAT’S NEXT

MOVE OVER GOOGLE, WHAT’S NEXT — NOODLE? SNICKERDOODLE? POODLE?
…a search engine for fishermen…

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Booble, a new adult oriented search engine, has launched to direct “porn fiends … through more than 6,000 hand-selected listings of Internet adult content.”

Interestingly, the logo and homepage bear a striking similarity to Google, but

Apparently, Google shouldn’t worry since the anonymous businessman who has created the site says “it’s a parody, it’s funny and we’re not out to confuse anybody so we hope [Google] will take the joke in the spirit in which it was intended.”

Unfortunately, the courts may be more inclined to find trademark dilution rather than a parody, as alleged by Google.  In a move reminiscent of Mike Rowe, Booble has posted an email from Google accusing the upstart porn search engine of tarnishment.

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Posted by Douglas Sorocco, January 28, 2004 at 7:32 pm
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