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Whoglue VS. Facebook
Charge: Facebook infringed on a key patent

WhoGlue applied for the patent in 2001 - three years before Facebook, which has more than 300 million users across the world, was founded - and received it July 17, 2007."We didn't call it social networking because that term hadn't been invented," said Jason D. Hardebeck, founder and chief executive of WhoGlue.In a one-sentence e-mail statement to The Baltimore Sun, Facebook spokeswoman Elizabeth Linder indicated that the company would defend itself.


Case Status: CLOSED Case Opened By: Matt U. Seed on September 26, 2009 Tags: Facebook Patent Whoglue Category: Business and Commerce

Ruled on
October 5 2009

Guilty: 5

Not Guilty: 6

Facebook was found
Not Guilty

CASE SUMMARY

Votings:

Guilty: 5

Not Guilty: 6

Arguments:

Prosecution Arguments: 1

Defense Arguments: 2

Total Arguments Strength:

Prosecution: 0

Defense: 1

CASE HIGHLIGHTS

PROSECUTION

Most Active Member of the Prosecution:

Matt U. Seed
1 Arguments

DEFENSE

Most Active Member of the Defense:

Dan Rimon
1 Arguments

Stronget Defense Argument: (Strength: 1)

Why did plaintiff wait 5 years before taking action to protect its patent? Why did the plaintiff not attempt to defend its patent before defendant grew to become a multi-million dollar business. Plaintiff lost its right to defend its patent when it did not do so in a timely manner.