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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Jul. 23, 2010

Facebook Gets Split Decision

A San Jose judge has tried to split the difference in a legal battle between Facebook Inc. and a company that aggregates information so that computer users can view all of their social networking sites at once.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Jose judge has tried to split the difference in a legal battle between Facebook Inc. and a company that aggregates information so that computer users can view all of their social networking sites at once.

U.S. District Judge James Ware said in his ruling late Tuesday that defendant Power Ventures, which operates the power.com website, can be liable for violating Facebook's ...

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