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Re:Facebook asserts trademark on word "book" in new user agr... by bishnu on Friday March 23, 2012 @02:56PM (#3746577)
Balances the goodwill they generated by coming out against employer requests for Facebook accoutn passwords, I guess...
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Re:Facebook asserts trademark on word "book" in new user agr... by RuggeroAltair on Friday March 23, 2012 @03:39PM (#3746817)
Nope.

One thing is defending their website from massive account closing or effectively limiting their usage.

Another thing is that if I create a Facebook account then I can't use anymore the words wall, face and book without risking a lawsuit against Facebook.

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Re:Facebook asserts trademark on word "book" in new user agr... by RuggeroAltair on Monday March 26, 2012 @06:55PM (#3759045)
By the way, do they realize that their ask people to apply through their Facebook accounts?
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