Legal Research

Trademarks That FaceBook Owns Or Has Filed For Including The Following:
Facebook owns registrations in the US for: FACEBOOK It used to own one for THEFACEBOOK but amended it to FACEBOOK. It has applications for: POKE 32665 (Facebook's text message shortcode) FBOOK THE WALL F (stylized) FACEBOOK INSIGHTS FANSUMER FACEBOOK PAGES FACEBOOK BEACON FACEBOOK ADS BEACON SOCIALADS SOCIAL ADS

Now I know what to call them: "Facebook refusenicks"
A few of my friends stubbornly refuse to join Facebook, and I'd always put it down to their own peculiar eccentricities or some need to be contrary, but according to Times Online, they can now claim that they are part of an anti-Facebook movement called "Facebook refusenicks": Facebook dominated media...

Facebook extends platform
All Facebook, an unofficial Facebook blog, comments on a significant but under-reported development: I surely did not see this coming anytime soon but Facebook just released their JavaScript client library than enables developers to extend their applications to their own websites...

Interviewing Facebook Users
A useful post was this one at ReadWriteWeb again. It's a great list of questions to ask your Facebook users about their use of Facebook. I think asking these questions of a few of your users will help you learn more from your users...

All my friends are leaving Facebook ...
Seeing I had a little rant yesterday about "Facebook refusenicks" (see here), I thought I'd try to provide some balance by linking to a blog post where a now former Facebook friend of mine explains why she has decided to delete her Facebook account...

Need more Facebook friends
The unofficial Facebook blog allfacebook has drawn my attention to a new Facebook feature - Facebook will now suggest friends for you. This is a screenshot of the new option, which you can find under "Account" and then "Email Notifications": Unless you have no friends I'm not sure how useful...

Facebook / Blockbuster
alleging that Facebook distributed your Blockbuster movie rental information without your knowledge or consent.

Settlement Proposed in Class Action Against Facebook
Facebook will Close Beacon in Proposed Settlement

Facebook
Downloading Games Linked to Possible Identity Theft

Facebook
Wins $873 Million Settlement