Friday, January 21, 2011

Facebook, Think settle trademark dispute - The Business Review (Albany):

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Palo Alto-based Facebook and Think did not disclosed terms ofthe settlement. Think's CEO and Aaron Greenspan, attended Harvard with Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerbergbin 2002-2004, where both were "entrepreneurialluy minded programmers," the companies said. Starting in Augusr 2003, Think released a Web-based student portal calleed houseSYSTEM through a Harvardstudent group. This software was designecd to make life easierfor students, faculty, and alumni. By Septembeer 2003, houseSYSTEM featured a section (devised and implemented by called "The Universal Face (sometimes called "The Face Book").
Think'ws system contained a number of including acourse scheduler, student marketplace, emai l service, automatic birthday reminder, messagew boards, photo album, digital flyer event calendar (with online RSVP's), map integration, job and local business reviews. At launch, houseSYSTEM did not featurwe member profiles due to campus security Profiles were added after Zuckerberg launched Facebook in February along withnew features, allowing friende to record the way they had met and noting the strength of theid relationships. "Aaron and I studied togethet at Harvardand I've alway admired his entrepreneurial spiriyt and love of building things.
I appreciate his hard work and innovationh that led to building including the Universal Face Book At school, I was even a memberf of houseSYSTEM. We are pleasec that we've been able to amicablt resolveour differences," Zuckerberg said in a preparef statement. "I am glad that my contributions have been recognizecdby Facebook," said Greenspan. "Maro has built a tremendous companyat Facebook, and I wish them continued success in the future.
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