Germans can also get a Gmail.com address

Eight years after the introduction of Gmail, residents of Germany can finally create an @gmail.com address again. In April, Google ended a seven-year legal battle over the Gmail brand name in Germany.

Until now, Germans could not use the Gmail service with an @gmail.com address, but only with an @googlemail.com address. That has now changed and all Germans will soon be able to switch to a Gmail address, Google has announced. New accounts are automatically given a Gmail.com suffix.

Google was not allowed to use the Gmail brand name in Germany for years. In 2005, when Google wanted to introduce Gmail in Germany, the company was sued by the owner of the ‘G-Mail’ brand name in Germany. The court ruled in favor of that owner and only recently did Google manage to complete the legal battle. An amount of money was probably paid, but the amount is unknown.