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harbin Legendary Seeker since: Aug 2006	Feb 11, 13 at 10:41am ^ Facebook sued over 'like' button
	Log in to remove this sponsored message quote Facebook sued 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. "We believe Rembrandt's patents represent an important foundation of social media as we know it, and we expect a judge and jury to reach the same conclusion based on the evidence," said lawyer Tom Melsheimer from legal firm Fish and Richardson, which represents the patent holder. Rembrandt now owns patents for technologies Mr Van Der Meer used to build a fledgling social network, called Surfbook, before his death in 2004. Mr Van Der Meer was granted the patents in 1998, five years before Facebook first appeared. Surfbook was a social diary that let people share information with friends and family and approve some data using a "like" button, according to legal papers filed by Fish and Richardson.Facebook sued over 'like' button The papers also say Facebook is aware of the patents as it has cited them in its own applications to patent some social networking technologies. Also cited in the same legal claim was another social media company called Add This. SAUCE
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tekmosis neostaff total posts: 5013 since: Jul 2006	Feb 11, 13 at 2:43pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	Just another patent troll. US patent system is a bleeping joke. I can't see this going very far. -------------------
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walnuts 'Back off, man. I'm a scientist' True Addiction total posts: 19204 neopoints: 323 since: May 2008	Feb 11, 13 at 2:44pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote tekmosis Just another patent troll. US patent system is a bleeping joke. I can't see this going very far. Hopefully it's thrown out in court - another waste of the legal system's time. ------------------- 'I don't know mercy, but I know pain. Sometimes I share it with the likes of you'
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PikaPower Gone Forever s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1622 since: Nov 2012	Feb 11, 13 at 2:49pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	tekmosis What does it mean when you are on the "neostaff"? tek edit: PikaPower; it means I work for the company. On topic: How long has the Facebook like button been here? Now some person decides to sue them? edit: Lucky. tekmosis ------------------- Current Quote: "Silence is a source of great strength." (Lao Tzu) The Lobby \| General Mario Brothers \| RQFS \| Fire Emblem: Awakening
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Wesker Child Ezekiel 25:17 s-e-e-k-e-r since: Nov 2003	Feb 11, 13 at 3:05pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	Tekmosis when will you capitalise the T in your name? Not very professional for someone who's Neostaff. -------------------
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walnuts 'Back off, man. I'm a scientist' True Addiction total posts: 19204 neopoints: 323 since: May 2008	Feb 11, 13 at 3:07pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote Wesker Child Tekmosis when will you capitalise the T in your name? Not very professional for someone who's Neostaff. He's fine just the way he is ------------------- 'I don't know mercy, but I know pain. Sometimes I share it with the likes of you'
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Shadow of Truth moderator Creative Writing since: Jun 2007	Feb 11, 13 at 3:10pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote walnuts quote Wesker Child Tekmosis when will you capitalise the T in your name? Not very professional for someone who's Neostaff. He's fine just the way he is Saw that coming ------------------- The darkness behind the truth.
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Lukas Stallone. Is coming. For YOU! Neo or Bust since: Jan 2005	Feb 11, 13 at 3:12pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote tekmosis Just another patent troll. US patent system is a bleeping joke. I can't see this going very far. yep this p much. I honestly have no idea why else you'd wait this long to sue a very popular site for an overly abundant feature. ------------------- quote I met the hottest chick I've ever seen. She gave me the hots so bad, that if I write here the thing I'll do to her, Bill Gates in person would ban me from Microsoft... Fo' life
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tekmosis neostaff total posts: 5013 since: Jul 2006	Feb 11, 13 at 5:01pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote Wesker Child Tekmosis when will you capitalise the T in your name? never. -------------------
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harbin Legendary Seeker since: Aug 2006	Feb 11, 13 at 5:33pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	TBH it is refreshing to see someone sue the big bad American company for a change, even though the thing is very insignificant.
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DragonSlayer45 true seeker (2K Remix) total posts: 2056 since: Jul 2007	Feb 11, 13 at 8:10pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	America - The land of the free... and the lawsuits. ------------------- PSN - DragonSlayerx45
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Lyonnais E Unum Pluribus Neolithic since: Mar 2009	Feb 11, 13 at 9:00pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	So you can't actually have a "Like Button" without having to go through a Dutch holding company. Aight. ------------------- [ Alameda Anchors ]
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Dreadlock Holiday Resident Neo wiki leader destiny since: Jun 2008	Feb 11, 13 at 11:44pm ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote Lyonnais So you can't actually have a "Like Button" without having to go through a Dutch holding company. Aight. What a badass, you are my hero Lyonnais. I thought this was a joke when I saw the title, then read the article, and found out it was serious. This surely won't go far at all. ------------------- Destiny Forum \|\| The Pad \|\| General Metal Gear
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Distortion Set the nexus free at last True Addiction total posts: 19339 neopoints: 174 GameGrep pts: 150 since: Mar 2004	Feb 12, 13 at 12:03am ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	Frivolous is the only word to describe this. ------------------- ~You promised to return to me. And I believed.~
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Mom Purely Neo total posts: 25969 since: Nov 2001	Feb 12, 13 at 1:07am ^ re: Facebook sued over 'like' button
	quote tekmosis quote Wesker Child Tekmosis when will you capitalise the T in your name? never. You rebel. <3 ------------------- Guise. (─‿‿─)
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