Originally Posted by gideongallery

serious that script was word for word what he posted on his blog at the time

it shows both prior art use of the term facebook

and knowledge of that prior art

that being said nex should have bought insurance to cover the cost of the legal expense

like lindows.com did

they knew they were going to get sued so they bought insurance to cover the cost of the legal fight

basically the insurance company foot the bill for the case.

however barring that you should definately hire the legal team that one that case.

you have a pretty good arguement to invalidate the trademark completely

which is the reason why microsoft settled the case for 10 million dollars + all legal expenses