facebook is going to contact you shortly because you are infringing on their trademark I don't see how that can be. Trademark isn't like copyright and patent l

facebook is going to contact you shortly because you are infringing on their trademark I don't see how that can be. Trademark isn't like copyright and patent law. The latter are intended to protect the owner of the IP. But trademark was is different: it's intended to protect the consumer. Thus, one may be found to violate tm law if they're creating confusion in the mind of the consumer, leading or allowing them to believe that they're using Facebook (or buying a real iPod, etc). If Mr. Markham's site simply provides help for users trying to figure out Facebook's site, while making it clear that it is not, itself, Facebook (and he does say, at the top of the page in a red font, "this is a fan site and is in no way associated with facebook"), then he's got no problem. It's not against the law to employ someone else's trademark. It's obviously legal to say that your product is "compatible with Microsoft Windows", and it's perfectly fine to publish a book "Adobe Photoshop for Dummies". This site is analogous to that.