Facebook Could Soon Have Trademark For The Word "Face"

Facebook has been issued a 'Notice Of Allowance' by the US Patent And Trademark Office for trademarking the word 'Face'.

Facebook has been issued a “Notice Of Allowance” by the US Patent And Trademark Office for trademarking the word “Face”, as first pointed out by Aaron Greenspan on Hacker News.

Facebook has been stepping up their efforts to fend off companies who leverage their name as part of a site and now Facebook has one more arsenal in their ongoing battle against supposed trademark infringers, like Lamebook, who has now been blocked from posting any content on Facebook, crippling the site’s traffic.

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