What this record means
The record shows that the mark “FACEBOOK” is live and registered on the Principal Register under serial 85980412, owned by META PLATFORMS, INC., a Delaware corporation. The registration covers a broad range of communication services, including social networking, peer‑to‑peer photo sharing, electronic transmission of data and messages, online forums, and related telecommunications services, all first used in commerce in February 2004. A similar name would raise the closest concern for any business offering comparable online social or communication platforms, especially those that facilitate user interaction, photo sharing, or data transmission over the internet. This record does not grant control over every use of the word “Facebook”; it only protects the specific services listed. The latest maintenance event is the renewal noted on March 26, 2024, with no other dates provided. No enforcement actions, oppositions, or cancellations appear in the supplied history. For someone considering a similar name, the record suggests a meaningful risk of conflict in the online communication and social networking space.
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Cl. 038Communication Services
ACTIVE providing access to computer databases in the fields of social networking, social introduction and dating; peer-to-peer photo sharing services, namely, electronic transmission of digital photo files among internet users; providing access to computer, electronic and online databases; telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission of data, messages and information; providing online forums for communication on topics of general interest; providing online communications links which transfer web site users to other local and global web pages; providing user access to third party web sites hosted on computer servers accessible via a global computer network; providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest; broadcast communication services, namely, electronic transmission of audio and video over computer or other communication networks, and electronic transmission of data, information, audio and video images; text messaging services
First use: Feb 04, 2004
Use in commerce: Feb 04, 2004
