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Facebook To Own the Word "Face"

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-in-a-word dept.

Dthief writes "The US Patent And Trademark Office has sent Facebook a Notice of Allowance, which means it will grant the 'Face' trademark to the popular social networking site. Facebook now has three months to pay an issue fee before they officially own the word. From the article: 'For all intents and purposes today's status update bodes well for Facebook's hold over 'face' usages in 'Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter, none primarily featuring or relating to motoring or to cars.''"

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  1. Apple will have to cede trademark ownership... by shaark78 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    of Facetime?

  2. Terrible by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is like a slap in the face to the public!

    Wait, what do you mean I owe Mark Zuckerberg a thousand dollars for this slashdot comment?

  3. Re:So what you're saying is... by AchilleTalon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I rather than suggest to enter the procedure to register Ace as a trademark, then you should be able to sell you FaceSuite and have Facebook repay you their rights plus the right to use ACE in Face.

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