Last year we wrote about the lawsuit brought by Timelines.com against Facebook, suggesting that Facebook was infringing on its trademark of the term “Timeline”. Facebook struck back and counter-sued, hoping that Timelines.com would be stripped of its copyrights saying that “Timeline” is a generic term.
A PaidContent report shows that the two companies are aiming to do battle in court sometime in 2013, but a settlement could be reached before then:
The parties have discussed settlement of this matter and submit that an early settlement conference with a magistrate judge may facilitate settlement of this matter.
Here’s the status report document that was filed today, stating that both companies would like to proceed with a jury trial:
Do you think that the word “timeline” should be copyrighted by anyone, or is it a generic term that any company should be able to use?
Let us know in the comments!
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