Facebook Versus Shagbook — Need We Say More?

If Shagbook had been based in the U.S. instead of the U.K., it likely would have been sued out of existence a long time ago. The British dating site started in 2006 and we’re only just now hearing from a publicist for the defense against the standard Facebook trademark lawsuit.

The Brits think that even though Facebook predated Shagbook by two years, technically that shouldn’t matter in court because the U.S. social network didn’t become “famous” until 2007.

Mark Brooks, an consultant with Courtland Brooks, said in an email to us:

Facebook is chasing down Shagbook.com (my client) regarding the ‘book’ in their name. Shagbook just filed their answer to Facebook’s trademark opposition. Shagbook argues that Facebook…

should never have been allowed to trademark “Facebook”

has stated in the past that it is in the business of connecting people who already know each other, not making introduction

is a bully.

Call us biased, we don’t think either of those three points will fly in a U.S. court.

Readers, do you think Shagbook will be able to continue in operation despite Facebook’s many successes shuttering other websites ending in the suffix “book?”