george Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Facebook Faces Lawsuit Over "Like" Button Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the "like" button and other features of the social network. It is being sued by a patent-holding company acting on behalf of a dead Dutch programmer called Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer. Rembrandt Social Media said Facebook's success was based, in part, on using two of Mr Van Der Meer's patents without permission. Facebook said it had no comment to make on the lawsuit or its claims. A lawsuit has been filed in a federal court in Virginia by Rembrandt Social Media. Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21411622 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COXYATCITY Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Like 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummypizza Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Give em a billion dollars to shut em up, that shouldn't hurt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jbrain Posted February 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well George, I wouldn't sleep very soundly tonight with that " like this" button on my forum pages 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkockney Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Give em a billion dollars to shut em up, that shouldn't hurt.... This. Facebook doesn't care, it certainly has the capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 trivial patents - if I were Facebook, I wouldn't loose my sleep over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greer Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If they can prove it, why not? If they can't then they pay the court costs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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