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The 12 Funniest Domain Names in the Facebook Typosquatter Lawsuit

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Posted July 28, 2011 with 1726 reads

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Facebook has filed a major lawsuit accusing 25 different domain name holders of being in violation of the Lanham Act. The majority of the domain names are typos/variations of Facebook.com. ElliotsBlog.com has the full copy of the lawsuit here (PDF).

Given their previous success in this arena, the outcome is likely a win for Facebook. There are 104 domain names in question but here are 12 of my favorites:

facebooki.com - A Chinese Apple ripoff?
facebgook.com - That's racist!
faceboop.com - "I boop your face. Boop."
wwwfaceboobs.com - Sounds kinda fun to me.
wwwfaceboob.com - Take the plural away and it sounds creepy instead.
wwwfacefook.com - OK, that sounds a bit raunchy.
facetook.com - A social network for Hobbits?
de-defacebook.com - A double negative makes this facebook.com?
wwwfacehook.com - Extreme piercing.
facebookbook.com - Yo dawg, we heard you like Facebook...
facebookfever.com - And the only prescription is more cowbell.
faceboom.com - The Michael Bay alternative.

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