facebook.jpgIPNews® – Six years after filing an application with the USPTO, Facebook has been granted a patent related to its News Feed.

The patent is described as: “Communicating a newsfeed of media content based on a member’s interactions in a social network environment.”  The invention allows the social networking giant to let its users view

facebook.jpgIPNews® – In a $550 million agreement, Facebook has purchased the rights to 650 patents that Microsoft recently acquired from the flailing America Online (AOL). 

Although Facebook becomes the owner of the patents, Microsoft will retain a license to the patents as well, allowing Microsoft the ability to use the technology in the future.  The

chalkboard2.jpgSan Diego – A California federal judge has thrown out a trademark infringement case filed by social networking site Facebook against Teachbook.com because the alleged infringement did not occur in California.  Teachbook.com, an online community for school teachers, does not accept users from California and therefore does no business in the state. 

Facebook’s complaint accuses

pig.jpgSan Diego – If you are a Facebook user, and chances are pretty good that you are, you’ve likely been exposed to the social networking application called “Farmville.”  Developed by Zynga Inc., Farmville now has over 14 million active daily users and 56 million active monthly users.  The game’s popularity has been so overwhelming that

troll.jpgSan Diego – Social media website Twitter is being sued by VS Technologies for infringing on its “309 patent” which it describes as a “method and system for creating an interactive virtual community of famous people.”  Twitter’s micro logging site attracts users who want to follow every ‘Tweet’ by famous celebrities  such as Lady Gaga