02-26-2006, 01:16 PM
Quote:Skype has been accused of heavy-handedness after it succeeded in stopping third-parties from using the word Skype in Google adword advertising...
Coincidentally, Google and Skype have recently been connected to one another on other fronts. Less than two weeks ago they became co-investors in Spanish WiFi startup FON Technology...
Skypes fussiness goes beyond adwords. French company IS Decisions published a product, Skypekiller, as a marketing aid for its client management software. The product, designed to spot the Skype client running without permission on company networks...
According to a company spokesperson, within days of the domain going live in October 2005, Skype had bought up every other free common domain containing the phrase Skypekiller...
full article: http://www.techworld.com/security/news/i...ewsID=5401