http://www.20min.ch/digital/webpage/story/22538595

Short summerary:
Giersch – owner of G-mail in Germany – registered G-mail in Switzerland too. A court said now, they don't see any reason, why he registered it. The court says, Giersch only did it for selling it for a very high price later.

Now G-mail is void in Switzerland.

“Of the 20 patent lawsuits filed against Google since late 2007, all but 2 have been filed by plaintiffs who don't make or sell any real product or service”
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/patent-reform-needed-more-than-ever.html