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by meva 2067 days ago
The author infringed on Facebook name and possibly the logo too. Facebook sent a notice to Google. Google complied with the law and removed the extension. Yet the author blames Google for all this.
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froh 2067 days ago
Thank you for this background detail! So actually instead of google, it was FB who with trademark protection legislation took down the app.
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Fnoord 2067 days ago
It was Google who complied. They didn't have to (there was no jurisprudence); they chose to.

Is Mozilla going to comply with a C&D for removal of Facebook Container for Firefox [1]? I think not.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24849452

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tinus_hn 2067 days ago
An important question is, did Google ever tell the author who made the complaint so he could contact them or countersue? From the mails that are shown they don’t reveal anything apart from ‘a third party acting on behalf of Facebook’.
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omega3 2067 days ago
It's clearly stated in the email, it was company called Appdetex on behalf of Facebook. It even has a name of the person who submitted the claim.
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