[FM Discuss] Fwd: Facebook sues social media site with ‘book’ in name.

[adam]

On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 12:52 +0100, Michael McAndrew wrote:
> That's why you called it flossmanuals, not flossbook, right adam?

yeah....but surprised we havent been sued by some publisher focused
solely on publishing books about dental hygiene 

;)

adam



> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:54 AM, helen varley jamieson
> <helen at creative-catalyst.com> wrote:
>          good grief! i wonder if they will come after Booki next ???
>         
>         -------- Original Message -------
>         
>         Facebook sues social media site with ‘book’ in name.
>         
>         Teachbook.com has two employees and fewer than 20 users signed
>         up for
>         its free Web community. The site has yet to officially launch.
>         
>         But the Northbrook, Ill.-based company, which provides tools
>         for
>         teachers to manage their classrooms and share lesson plans and
>         other
>         resources, has been thrust into the spotlight by social
>         networking giant
>         Facebook, which sued the start-up for using “book” in its
>         name.
>         
>         “We’ve been sitting here scratching our heads for the last
>         couple of
>         days,” Teachbook’s managing director, Greg Shrader, told the
>         Tribune on
>         Wednesday. “We’re trying to understand how Facebook, a
>         multibillion-dollar company, feels this small enterprise in
>         Chicago is
>         any type of threat.”
>         
>         http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/08/facebook-says-it-owns-rights-to-the-name-book.html
>         
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