One of the consequences of a trademark dispute in Germany between Google and businessman Daniel Giersch is that Google can no longer call its eMail service Gmail.

A plain text message, which reportedly started popping up when users tried to access Gmail from Germany, read, “We can’t provide service under the Gmail name in Germany; we’re called Google Mail here instead. If you’re traveling in Germany, you can access your mail at http://mail.google.com. Oh, and we’d like to link the URL above, but we’re not allowed to do that either. Bummer.”