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It basically is lol.It's not a social networking site for teachers?
It basically is lol.It's not a social networking site for teachers?
In the article, it says facebook doesn't want any money, just for the company to change their name so it sets a precedent.Well money turn stupid to ppl... I love FB but this is stupid! I hope they lost
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hiicantgetabetterdomainnamebecausefacebookisactingchildish.com
That's too funny i didn't even think about it when i was typing itCan't use that domain, it has 'Facebook' in it.
It's a shame F4ceb00k.com is taken, there's a likeness, but neither word relates to a FACE nor BOOK.
Yes, because millions of people are flocking from Facebook to Teachbook. I mean, for goodness' sake, they even used a similar theme as Facebook! /sarcasmThey (TeachBook) are using a likeness of Facebook's name to start up a social website for teachers.
They (teachbook) are trying to cash in on the likeness of the name to attract people.
I think that Facebook has a right to protect its Trademark, its not so much the name but how you use it.
If teachbook was a site to sell teachers books, I doubt facebook would care as much as they do.
I do not necessarily agree with their tactics, but you cannot blame them for protecting them selfs. If you do not actively protect your trademark from what I understand you might be able to loose it.
needs to happen, so his royal King of the Internet can get dethroned in a public and humiliating manner. Mr. Zuckerberg is on a very dangerous power trip, and this is going to bite him and his little social networking site in the butt. I don't care how many millions and billions users you have or how much money you make, you go after petty stuff like this, you'll become a target, just like the RIAA/MPAA have after they resisted changing to keep up with technology. Bad comparison, but the end result will still be the same: You anger the internet (and possibly 4Chan), then you can pretty much kiss everything you know and love good-bye.I remember Aaron Wall did this with a larger company taking him on when he was just an individual, and SEO's and webmasters, bloggers, all came out and donated in small amounts to give him the funds to fight it... suddenly the big company backed off as he could hire extremely good lawyers. All the left over got donated to a charity... which he provided a transparent report on donations, costs and then the left over donation. Very effective...
No they are not trying to cash in on Facebook. Teachbook is not a social networking site anything like Facebook.They (TeachBook) are using a likeness of Facebook's name to start up a social website for teachers.
They (teachbook) are trying to cash in on the likeness of the name to attract people.
I think that Facebook has a right to protect its Trademark, its not so much the name but how you use it.
If teachbook was a site to sell teachers books, I doubt facebook would care as much as they do.
I do not necessarily agree with their tactics, but you cannot blame them for protecting them selfs. If you do not actively protect your trademark from what I understand you might be able to loose it.
I opened with this in my rant above: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/26/trademark-face/I saw on CNN that they're also going to try to trademark the word Face. So this means that a cosmetic company or some facelift surgeon wouldn't be able to use the word Face for their name or website.
heheh I just read it.I opened with this in my rant above: http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/26/trademark-face/
For those who haven't been keeping up, the inevitable has happened:
What can we do? Simple: Support decentralized social networking. There needs to be an alternative to Myspace and Facebook that doesn't involve one company hosting our information. It's 2010, open-source software is making strides (slowly, but surely), so why can't we use a quality product that will make Facebook wet their pants? No doubt it will take time (maybe even years) for a change to really be significant, but if we start deleting our Facebook accounts, move to the same decentralized service, people will notice after they ask you what your Facebook username is and find out that you don't have one.
We can't be afraid of change. Nobody though Facebook would take off, but we needed something better than the hell-hole that is Myspace, so why can't we do the same here?
/rant
HAH well we will see cosmetic companies saying "try our cover up to make the front side of your head look blemish free and hockey players will have a head to head battle for the puck instead of a faceoff, facials will be called extended frontial cranial beauty treatments. I think i may try to TM the word eye so i can sue all the news groups that use eyewitness news in their name and use they're money to sue facebook for blowing this out of proportion.No they are not trying to cash in on Facebook. Teachbook is not a social networking site anything like Facebook.
Teachbook is to be a discussion forum for teachers all over the country to be able to discuss teaching techniques and tips, exchange lessons, books, etc. They are teachers, and it seems simple and only right that the word "book" would be part of that.
I saw on CNN that they're also going to try to trademark the word Face. So this means that a cosmetic company or some facelift surgeon wouldn't be able to use the word Face for their name or website.
Are you kidding me?!?!? I mean geeze the words Face and book were aroung a helluva lot longer than facebook was.
No they are not trying to cash in on Facebook. Teachbook is not a social networking site anything like Facebook.
Teachbook is to be a discussion forum for teachers all over the country to be able to discuss teaching techniques and tips, exchange lessons, books, etc. They are teachers, and it seems simple and only right that the word "book" would be part of that.
I saw on CNN that they're also going to try to trademark the word Face. So this means that a cosmetic company or some facelift surgeon wouldn't be able to use the word Face for their name or website.
Are you kidding me?!?!? I mean geeze the words Face and book were aroung a helluva lot longer than facebook was.
By this reasoning Microsoft should go after any company that uses Micro or Soft in their name that has to do with program development.Can you honestly tell me that you do not believe that the site teachbook was not trying to capture anything with the specific name "TeachBook"? Surely there could have been thousands of other names that would have had nothing to do with Facebook or sound anything like Facebook.
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