Intellectual Property
Jun. 16, 2009
Facebook Sees Fallout Over Name Grab
After social networking site Facebook began allowing its users to register personalized Internet addresses Friday, attorneys raced to notify clients that they could block their trademarks from being adopted as personal usernames.
By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN JOSE - After social networking site Facebook announced it would let users to register personalized Internet addresses last week, attorneys around the state raced to notify clients that they could block their trademarks from being adopted as personal usernames. Facebook was giving trademark owners a few days to submit trademarks they wanted to block and was also letting them fill out intellectual pro...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN JOSE - After social networking site Facebook announced it would let users to register personalized Internet addresses last week, attorneys around the state raced to notify clients that they could block their trademarks from being adopted as personal usernames. Facebook was giving trademark owners a few days to submit trademarks they wanted to block and was also letting them fill out intellectual pro...
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