Re:Facebook says it owns "book", suing startups using [gener...
by kno on Thursday August 26, 2010 @11:40AM
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In retrospect Microsoft could sue any company with soft in their name; God knows how many software companies use the suffix Soft. What Facebook is doing is simply not positive.
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Re:Facebook says it owns "book", suing startups using [gener...
by eli on Thursday August 26, 2010 @01:09PM
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No, they can't because, as you say, there are now many companies using that suffix. If they had gone after companies earlier (as facebook appears to be doing) they might have a case.