Facebook gets control of FacebookofSex domain from FriendFinder Networks

March 11, 2012 by 3 Comments
facebook-of-sex

A couple weeks back I wrote about how Facebook snagged FacebookofSex.xxx.   Now, almost a year after filing a trademark lawsuit [PDF] against FriendFinder Networks over the once popular adult website FacebookOfSex.com, Facebook owns the rights to the domain name. According to Whois records, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disputes, News, Trademarks Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Facebook takes control of FaceSounds dot-com, dot-info domain names

March 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
facesounds.com whois

Facebook Inc. has taken control of FaceSounds.com, which at one time offered a free search toolbar add-on to users wanting to change their Facebook chat sounds.  A quick search on the internet turned up many unhappy users who said FaceSounds spammed their friends. Previously owned by a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Facebook snags adult entertainment domain name Facebookofsex dot-XXX

February 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
Facebookofsex.xxx Whois

One of the more popular phrases adult websites use to attract visitors is "Facebook of Sex".  Type the phrase into Google's search engine and the search results and sponsored ads that appear will show you just how many websites market themselves as the "Facebook of Sex". The Whois information … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Facebook registers ‘newsroom’ domains, is a social news website on the way?

January 23, 2012 by 5 Comments
Facebook Newsroom Whois

Facebook has had a busy week with domain names. On January 18, the company registered a slew of domains with "FB Origin" in the name.  It followed up those purchases with "timeline movie maker" domains.  Facebook hasn't officially been confirmed as the buyer of the timeline domains since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,