Apparently someone registered Google.de before Google did. The registar did/does not check its registerations and that is why someone was able to register the domain Google.de. But after Google did a check realised what had happen, reported the incident and got the domain back in their hands.It appears that the .de/Germany registar let ebay.de be registered by someone else and not the company.

You may follow up with more info at Spiegel.de

So do you think that the person who registers such names is kidnapping such companies names? or do they have a legit hold on such a name?