Faceporn beat Facebook in Court


Facebook declared defeated in his attempt to sue social network with pornography content that have similar names, Faceporn. Since 2010, Facebook has been trying to buy the domain Faceporn. This is done to secure the search results of "Facebook". Last time, Facebook already purchased and patented various domains with keyword "Face" and "Book". Until now, Facebook has 10 domains with that two keywords, and 17 domains that are still in pending ratification.



Well, for Faceporn, Facebook took legal steps to acquire that adult social network domain. However, last week, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White stated, Facebook lost the lawsuit. Besides failed to get Faceporn domain ownership, Facebook is also obliged to pay some money to Faceporn to replace the cost to pay lawyers and legal costs. Facebook lawsuit was rejected because of lack of personal jurisdiction.



Judge White said, Facebook failed to demonstrate that the presence would jeopardize Faceporn membership in Norway. However, Facebook plan  to continue a lawsuit against Faceporn, for using the term Wall in one of their social networking features.

This is not the first time that Facebook lost in court because the domain lawsuit. Previously, Facebook also has failed to have the domain Shagbook and Teachbook. Facebook is almost failed again when trying to possess Lamebook, before Lamebook finally released their domain.

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