Originally Posted by Mike Dutch

Decent post from another board:

I know Facebook owns a trademark, but my point is just that ‘facebook’ is a generic word and if people are using it for it’s original meaning, it should be ok.

For example, a school or business that wanted to have a facebook of their students or employees should be ok.

With FacebookofSex, are people actually getting confused that this is the Facebook.com site? The case shouldn’t rest solely on the fact that ‘facebook’ is in the domain name.

A facebook (long before Facebook.com started) was originally a directory of people’s photos and information of a certain place or institution. So anyone using the word in this manner should be ok.

It would be like owning Apple.com and preventing anyone from using ‘apple’ in their domain name from selling apples or fruit related products.

To me it isn’t a straightforward verdict and should be argued in court by both sides. If I were Friendfinder I’d be arguing that ‘facebook’ is generic.