Google picks fight with Australian business Scoogle

SYDNEY: Internet search engine Google is said to have picked a fight with an Australian business working under the name Scoogle.

Scoogle, which is owned by Melbourne partners Colin Redmond and Josie Meadows, sells eyewear, and it has been named after Meadows's family name Scougal.

The two owners were not able to comment but a source close to the business said that Google had "essentially just picked a fight" with the company.

"It's just bullying the modified version of the Scoogle family name," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted the source as saying.

The source added that the owners would have to spend at least 5000 dollars in out of court legal costs.