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Facebook Denies Disputed Page To Both Mercks

Posted by timothy on from the virulent-pox-on-both-your-houses dept.

itwbennett writes "In follow-up to yesterday's story about how Merck in Germany is threatening legal action to take its vanity Facebook URL back from Merck U.S., Facebook apologized for its 'administrative error' in reassigning the URL but said that if the two companies can't play nice, no one will get the URL."

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  1. Difficult problem by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a Mercky issue to wade through...

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  2. you go FB! by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    wise like king Solomon.

    No, I can't believe it either.

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    1. Re:you go FB! by DriedClexler · · Score: 5, Funny

      Solomon's solution would be give one of them the "Mer", and the other one "ck", and then instantly void the deal and give it to whoever doesn't want to see the name split.

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  3. Re:Trademarks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look, if they didn't want their trademarks appropriated they shouldn't have gone to war with us 93 years ago.

  4. Re:To which a Merck U.S. representative replied... by Jeng · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was thinking the old formula for 7-up that included lithium.

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