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I hate Facebook as much as the next person but I’m not sure they were doing anything shady here. They wanted to buy the domain cheaply and without disclosing wh
by malshe 5y ago
I hate Facebook as much as the next person but I’m not sure they were doing anything shady here. They wanted to buy the domain cheaply and without disclosing who they are. I don’t see what’s wrong in that ethically or legally.
- bryans 5y agoThey weren't trying to buy just the domain name, they were trying to buy the trademark. Their offer was refused, but they used it anyway. That's quite literally the definition of trademark infringement, made worse that they've implicated themselves by trying to buy it first -- which shows recognition of the validity of the trademark.
- starshadowx2 5y agoBecause FB went ahead with it anyways I'm guessing they assumed they would win any court conflicts about this but wanted to not have to deal with that and offered a lower amount to buy it than what court would cost. It's not that they think it was valid but that they just didn't want to bother. FB has the money to fight it and win anyways but it they'd rather spent $5 over $10 for example.
- dathinab 5y agoNothing, the problem is that they also wanted to buy the trade mark, also didn't got it (both normal and fine) and then proceeded to act as if they own it anyway (allegedly, not ok at all).