November 24th in Case Law, Facebook, Humour by Editor .

Facebook Goes On The Legal Rampage

Got a website mentioning “faces” or “books”, then watch out…

Charles Tyrwhitt UK
 

Facebook’s lawyers appear to have a blank cheque to hunt potential IP infringers down. Ok so just mentioning faces or books somewhere on your site might be alright but, if it’s in the name, expect a lawsuit in your general direction very soon. These guys are already staring down the barrel of ‘book/‘face litigation:

Faceporn

Teachbook

But they’re not all going to lie down and take it from the social networking giant. Lamebook in particular is planning to stand up to the bullying tactics, a cause for celebration according to one legal commentator who believes in the importance of being reminded how funny ignorance can be…

  • Share/Bookmark

Comments are closed.