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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. What does this mean for Apple's FaceTime? by raam4122 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm curious what this means for Apple and their usage of FaceTime. Will Apple have to change the name?

  2. Re:Facepalm! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You beat me to it. Mod parent up!

  3. Someone has to say it... by r3g3x · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Does this mean that Facebook is claiming "ALL YOUR FACE ARE BELONGING TO US?"

  4. Apple Moderators? by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Perhaps there are lots of moderators from Apple at the moment. I doubt they would find a suggestion that they will need to rename 'FaceTime' to 'ArseTime' so amusing. ;-)