{"id":15529,"date":"2010-08-27T18:21:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T02:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=15529"},"modified":"2010-08-28T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-28T21:11:59","slug":"not-content-with-defending-book-facebook-tries-to-trademark-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/electrotech\/not-content-with-defending-book-facebook-tries-to-trademark-face","title":{"rendered":"Not Content with Defending “Book” Facebook Tries to Trademark Face"},"content":{"rendered":"
Facebook already owns the trademark for their name, but for many outsiders their legal department is getting a bit too aggressive in defending it.<\/p>\n
Just a few days ago, Facebook filed suit against Illinois-based Teachbook<\/a> for “rid[ing] on the coattails of the fame and enormous goodwill of the Facebook trademark.” {CNN<\/a>}<\/p>\n Teachbook, a social network for educators which has yet to launch, has refused to back down on their own trademark filing to protect the name. TripTrace<\/a>, formerly known as Placebook, however, found themselves on the receiving end of a similar suit and decided to just undergo a name change.<\/p>\n