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Filing A Trademark Notice Against Yourself
from the strategies-of-new-media dept
Not so long ago, Facebook launched the ability to secure your own "name" as a part of your URL, but it was done in an awkward way where you wouldn't be allowed to change it and there were some rules involved in whether or not certain "fan pages" could actually get their name. Over the last few weeks, I've heard a few stories of people who had to plead their case at friends at Facebook to do something as simple as get to use a name they had been associated with for ages. However, ChurchHatesTucker points us to an amusing situation for the guy who runs the site TrendHunter.com. Apparently, because he didn't have enough "fans" on his fan pages, he couldn't register the name for the account. But he didn't want anyone else taking it... so he used his personal account to grab the "TrendHunter" name. Problem solved? Not quite. Because Facebook, in its infinite wisdom, does not allow you to transfer names you control. So what did he do? Well, he realized the only way to get the name was to file a trademark dispute with Facebook -- and so he did. Yes, he basically filed a trademark claim against himself in order to convince Facebook to transfer the name he registered over to the proper account.
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You gotta do, what you gotta do....
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I love stuff like this, blatantly and simply shows the ridiculousness of the T&C's of large organisations.
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That man
That man is my hero.
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Wait a second...
"Yes, he basically filed a trademark claim against himself in order to convince Facebook to transfer the name he registered over to the proper account"
...did he win?
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There is always a way to get what you want - regardless of whatever terms/conditions crap exists.
If you are human, you are intelligent, and intelligence is never handcuffed.
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"If you are human, you are intelligent"
By that very statement I can see that you are not intelligent...
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unless you're the people responsible for the need for this sort of silliness in the first place, apparently.
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Re: Wait a second...
Maybe he just settled.
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Wow
People still use that site?
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Just plain awesome
This guy is just plain right out awesome. He might even be a hero. Companies and their rules for control are meant to be broken!
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