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Re:Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from ... by at-fates-hands on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @04:43PM (#4945025)
There are actually eight different factors which the courts use as a "test" for infringement. Of those eight, I would say a majority fail the infringement test for Facebbook. Mainly because "FB" is not part of its primary trademark. Thus, the "FB" presents a weak case for the "Strength of the plaintiff's mark." element.

Here are those 8 factors for argument sake:

http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/infringe.html#elements

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