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11 June 2009

Facebook to Introduce Personalised URLs

Facebook has announced that beginning Saturday 13 June users will be allowed for the first time to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages (facebook.com/yourname).

While this is a welcome development, it is important to ensure that your trade mark is protected on this popular social networking site. Facebook has created an online form for rights owners interested in preventing their trade marks from being registered as usernames by other users.

Trade mark owners can reserve their trade mark on Facebook by completing a trade mark protection form.