Google Sued Over Jews for Jesus Blog

Jews for Jesus is suing Google Inc., saying a weblog hosted through the company’s blogging service infringes on its trademark.

According to Reuters, Jews for Jesus filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, seeking to gain control of the blogspot site as well as “unspecified monetary damages.”

"We have a right to our own name and Google has allowed the use of our name on Blogspot without our permission," Susan Perlman, associate executive director with Jews for Jesus, told Reuters. "Our reputation is at stake.”

The blog in question, jewsforjesus.blogspot.com, began in January 2005 by a blogger who takes the name “Whistle Blower.” The blogger had posted only three blogs, or online journal entries, on the site before the San Francisco-based evangelical group filed suit.

Whistle Blower maintained that the purpose of the blog site is not to be “against Jews for Jesus, but for an uncensored interchange of ideas and comments.”

However, the blogger noted that the “site poses a potential threat that might cause donors to cease giving” to the group since its entries are meant to “enlighten” the Christian donor base about the way the group supposedly uses its donations.

Comments on the blog revealed that Jews for Jesus unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the blogger to transfer the domain.

Source: ChristianPost