It seems that the word Face has been targeted by Facebook, they want it trademarked and incredibly, the US Patent Office has granted the social networking site a Notice of Allowance. This basically means that the word Face is effectively now the trademark in the US of Facebook.
The Notice of Allowance simply means that the US Patent Office has offered Facebook the licence to use Face as a trademark so long as the pay the required within three months.
This now means that the trademark is part of Facebook and a word to wise should be that anyone considering creating a new website with the word Face in it, you could be heading for big trouble and possible the chance to write out a big cheque in the favour of Facebook.
Source [Gizmodo]
The Notice of Allowance simply means that the US Patent Office has offered Facebook the licence to use Face as a trademark so long as the pay the required within three months.
This now means that the trademark is part of Facebook and a word to wise should be that anyone considering creating a new website with the word Face in it, you could be heading for big trouble and possible the chance to write out a big cheque in the favour of Facebook.
Source [Gizmodo]