Facebook Opposes Designbook Trademark Application

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Oh, and I'm sure that anything with ...book, or ...face is likely to be on the radar. This one seems a little over-protective, imho.

Aaron Pollak and Kyle Clark, cofounders of the Burlington, Vermont-based startup Designbook, filed trademark applications last September for the name of their business, which seeks to provide a community for entrepreneurs to support their emerging businesses by connecting with potential investors and collaborators. They received word in March that Facebook would be filing opposition on the grounds the name would “create confusion in the industry” and imply a relationship between the two, Pollak says. Facebook Opposes Designbook Trademark Application [bostonmagazine.com]

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yes with 1/6 of the world population as members you can pretty much claim you're a community for everything or anything.