Facebook patents the word "Face"

[capnpupster]

This is stupid.
Also there is a huge difference between a patent and a copyright.

 

[RobCoxxy]

It's Tim Langdell all over again.
This also ruins my family motto:

"Anything but the face!"

 

[interspark]

you pathetic gits! they've actually well, we all know what they did but THEY REALLY DID THAT?!? oh god, the world is so sad sometimes, excuse me i'm gonna go and cry...








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sorry about that, my word is "meganommable" it means delicious, except more delicious

 

[Radioactive Bob]

I got ninja'd, but I would still like to patent the word "book"

Facebook will then have to become simply...Face. >

 

[shirin238]

But what about the Facebook of sex :O
Now the porn industry has to make a new site for streaming porn advertisements >_<

 

[interspark]

Why not just patent the word patent, then you can sue anyone who patents anything for patent infringement! It's the perfect system! =D

Genius. Absolute genius.

I do wonder what apple will do about facetime... they're kind of screwed eh?

and of course, people in films can no longer have "face-offs"

 

[interspark]

Right that's it, I'm patenting inhaling oxygen.

aaawwww! fiiine *holds breath*

 

[Phuctifyno]

*Facepalm* That is so stupid.

...will hereafter be referred to as "front-of-head-palm". Assimilate or perish!

 

[Numb1lp]

I'd try to patten an article, and sue anyone who uses it.

 

[MarcFirewing]

Alright well, I'm gonna patent "Get" as in "Get the fuck out facebook, suck in some helium and go shoot yourself with shotguns."

 

[Scars Unseen]

****palm* That is so stupid.

You have been fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Property Statute. Be well.

 

[rokkolpo]

Freedom of speech anyone?

How can you own a word!
I hate companies doing this shit.
It's a body-part for crying out load!

Kids no-longer get to learn that word now?

 

[AgentBJ09]

Spoiler: Obligatory...

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I hope I don't get banned for that.

Anyway, I think I'd copyright "epic". Or "fail". Or both.

I doubt you'll get banned for that.

If anything, this will stop the Facebook owners from getting this patent:

However, other than this criteria, Facebook has to prove that they have a product bound to the word "Face" where the name 'Facebook' is not enough. They will have to apply for a "Statement of Use" [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78980756], where they prove that they use the word ('face') in business correlations - within six months of having been granted the copyright.

EDIT: Now, I'm even more proud of the fact that I don't support Facebook, and that I do not have an account.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

If you want to use the word 'face' in the US, you will, in the future, have to be aware of the context in which you use it. If it is in connection with tele-communication, chat and texting between computers in a social or entertainment-network, you might have to think twice.

Facebook has applied to gain copyright of the word 'Face' and they have now recieved a green light from the United States Patent Office (USPTO). All the social networking service needs to do, is pay a fee within three months.

However, other than this criteria, Facebook has to prove that they have a product bound to the word "Face" where the name 'Facebook' is not enough. They will have to apply for a "Statement of Use" [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78980756], where they prove that they use the word ('face') in business correlations - within six months of having been granted the copyright.

If they do that, however, there shouldn't be anything else stopping from actually owning a word.

So, how's that for a kick in the head, eh? Someone has actually been granted copyright over a word.

I thought it was crazy when apple tried to apply for the word 'Pod', but actually patenting a word as normal as face just seems crazy.

On a different note; if you could patent any word in the English dictionary, what would it be?

What is your source for this? This sounds more like they're trying to trademark it, which is very different than copyright.

 

[Amphoteric]

Can I copyright the letter "e"?

 

[Boneasse]

If you want to use the word 'face' in the US, you will, in the future, have to be aware of the context in which you use it. If it is in connection with tele-communication, chat and texting between computers in a social or entertainment-network, you might have to think twice.

Facebook has applied to gain copyright of the word 'Face' and they have now recieved a green light from the United States Patent Office (USPTO). All the social networking service needs to do, is pay a fee within three months.

However, other than this criteria, Facebook has to prove that they have a product bound to the word "Face" where the name 'Facebook' is not enough. They will have to apply for a "Statement of Use" [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78980756], where they prove that they use the word ('face') in business correlations - within six months of having been granted the copyright.

If they do that, however, there shouldn't be anything else stopping from actually owning a word.

So, how's that for a kick in the head, eh? Someone has actually been granted copyright over a word.

I thought it was crazy when apple tried to apply for the word 'Pod', but actually patenting a word as normal as face just seems crazy.

On a different note; if you could patent any word in the English dictionary, what would it be?

What is your source for this? This sounds more like they're trying to trademark it, which is very different than copyright.

It might be trademark and not copyright. I translated it from a danish news source and I might have gotten the translation wrong, in my conveying of the news. Anyway, here's a source in english: http://slashdot.org/story/10/11/24/2040247/Facebook-To-Own-the-Word-Face
http://perezhilton.com/2010-11-24-facebook-trademarks-the-word-face
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20101124/tc_yblog_technews/facebook-poised-to-trademark-the-word-face

Since it was trademark and not copyright, I'll be editing my original post

 

[Trivun]

I guess Ill attempt to patent the letter "a" or "A" then

Hah, I'll go one better. I'll patent the letter 'E'... the most commonly used letter in the alphabet!!!!! It makes as much sense as what Facebook's doing, and guarantees me plenty of money in royalties or whatever almost every time someone speaks at all!

 

[Dango]

It would probably be a good idea for The Escapist to patent the words "the", "escape", "escapist", and "escapee".