What this record means
The record shows that the mark “FACEBOOK” is live and registered on the Principal Register, owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The registration covers services in classes 038, 041, and 042, specifically peer‑to‑peer photo sharing, online entertainment and educational databases, blogs, electronic publishing, and web hosting for interactive games. A similar name used for comparable online social or entertainment services would raise the closest concern, while uses in unrelated fields would be farther from the scope shown. The record does not grant control over every use of the word “Facebook.” There is no prosecution history listed, so the mark was accepted without a descriptiveness refusal. The most recent status event is the renewal noted on March 2, 2023. No oppositions, cancellations, or other enforcement actions appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the existing registration presents a meaningful risk if the new use falls within these same or closely related services.
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| Drawing type | 3 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WHICH INCLUDES WORD(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S) |
| Filing basis | Use in Commerce (§1(a)). |
| Status | The registration has been renewed. |
Key dates
| Application filed | Dec 17, 2009 |
| Published for opposition | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Notice of Allowance | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Registered (Principal) | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Status date | Mar 02, 2023 |
Goods & services
Peer-to-peer photo sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photo files among internet users
Providing computer, electronic and online databases in the field of entertainment and in the fields of secondary, collegiate, social and community interest groups; on-line journals, namely, blogs in the fields of entertainment, education, social, political, cultural, economic, scientific and general interest; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of text and graphic works of others via computer and communications networks in the fields of entertainment, education, social, political, cultural, economic, scientific and general interest; publishing of electronic publications; entertainment services, namely, providing temporary use of interactive, multiplayer and single player games for games played via computer or communication networks; providing information about online computer games and video games via computer or communication networks; arranging and conducting competitions for video gamers and computer game players
Peer-to-browser photo sharing services, namely, providing a website featuring technology enabling users to upload, view, and download digital photos; providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to upload and share video, photos, text, graphics and data; creating and maintaining blogs for others; providing a web hosting platform for use of non-downloadable software in connection with interactive, multiplayer and single player games for third parties
Owner & representation
| Owner | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| Address | 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES 94025 |
| Entity | CORPORATION - organized in DELAWARE |
| Attorney of record | Melissa Capotosto |
| Correspondent | Melissa Capotosto |
| Attorney email | F********@*****.com |
| Correspondent email | 2 emails |
| Correspondent phone | 4********2 |
| Correspondent address | Atlanta, GEORGIA |