Not Surprisingly, Facebook Shuts Down "Facebook Ultimate" iPad App

Following our post yesterday about the questionable “Facebook Ultimate” application in the iTunes store, Facebook has shut down the application for trademark infringement. In this case it was pretty clear that the application was infringing on Facebook’s trademark and generating a substantial profit from it. While some commenters pointed out that there was utility to the application, there’s no doubt many users were mislead.

While there’s no telling how much time was invested to develop this application, it was among the top 10 iPad bestsellers for the past couple days prior to being turned off.

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