Facebook Countersuit: 'Timeline' Is A Generic Term
Facebook is looking to land a counterpunch against Timelines.com, responding to the digital scrapbooking company's claim that it owns the trademark to the word "timeline" by filing a countersuit and seeking to strip the trademark on the grounds that the word is generic.
Facebook is looking to land a counterpunch against Timelines.com, responding to the digital scrapbooking company’s claim that it owns the trademark to the word “timeline” by filing a countersuit and seeking to strip the trademark on the grounds that the word is generic.
We find that ironic coming from a company that has filed for a trademark on the word “face,” in reference to facial recognition software.
According to paidContent, there are five categories of trademarks, and timeline falls under the weakest one, which covers generic and descriptive terms.
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