As more and more IP owners have discovered, protecting your name does not stop at a trade mark. As highlighted by the recent Facebook name grab, it is important that brand owners protect their right by registering their names as usernames on Facebook and other social networking sites. The cost to the brand if it [...]

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Sony have just applied for “HOLY INVASION OF PRIVACY, BADMAN!” as a trade mark in the US. Bearing in mind the announcement today that the UK government is to gain access to users’ lists of friends and contacts on Facebook and Bebo, perhaps a tie up could be on the cards. Link to Times article [...]

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