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by DanBC 4708 days ago
They won because the products (messaging) are identical, the customers (people over 13) are the same, the distribution channels (the Internet) are the same, and because Facebook has a huge recognition in the social media sector (matched in the survey only by Twitter) and many many users (despite the fact that people can sign up for more than one account).

Facebook aren't asking to police all uses of Face*, they asked to stop a specific trademark for a single product.
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thinkcomp 4708 days ago
No, just all uses of FACE- and -BOOK on the internet.

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pnam=Facebook,%20Inc.

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DanBC 4707 days ago
But you lost because the product was identical (messaging) in the same area (social networking).

All your link shows is a trademark holder protecting their trademark. Some of those will win, some will lose.

It sucks that the legal system requires trademark holders to do that. But it's not Facebook's fault.

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