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Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« on: August 30, 2010, 02:25:00 pm »
I just learned about this. Kinda surprising.

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Facebook is going after a social-networking site for teachers, dubbed Teachbook, for attaching the word "book" to its name.

The "book" part of Facebook is highly distinctive and most people associate it with social networking, Facebook said in a lawsuit it filed against Teachbook earlier this month. The only reason Teachbook is using "book" in its name is to unfairly benefit from Facebook's popularity, according to court documents.

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 02:49:46 pm »
...rofl.

Because Facebook needs to sue people to stay afloat, much less over something so...minor XD This is funny.

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 04:13:59 pm »
Copyright infringement I suppose. But I still can't believe facebook would sue someone for using the word "book".

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2010, 08:37:56 pm »
lololololol

This lawsuit is going nowhere. It's like trying to copyright the word "is"

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2010, 09:04:29 pm »
In more recent news: It seems Facebook doesn't want any other site to use the word face OR book in the front or end of their title.

Totally childish.

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2010, 09:46:04 pm »
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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2010, 10:06:44 pm »
Maybe they should had named the site teachface.

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2010, 01:16:50 am »
Proves that Facebook is in it for the money.

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Re: Facebook Sues Teachbook Over Use of 'Book'. lol
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2010, 03:06:43 am »
Maybe they should had named the site teachface.


 ;D lol.


well there's also that "teachertube" thing.
but I don't think youtube cares