{"id":10928,"date":"2013-02-12T09:38:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T04:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplify360.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/facebook-will-not-like-this\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T09:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T09:12:06","slug":"facebook-will-not-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplify360.com\/blog\/facebook-will-not-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook will not &#8216;Like&#8217; this!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simplify360.com\/blog\/facebook-will-not-like-this\/untitled\/\" rel=\"attachment\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/simplify360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Untitled-300x168.png\" alt=\"Like\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can you get a simple gesture of your hand patented?<br \/>\nIn a sudden turn of events, Facebook, which created waves in the Internet world by introducing &#8216;Like&#8217; feature is going to face a legal trial as Rembrandt Social Media,\u00a0the company which owns the patent for &#8216;Like&#8217; button has decided to sue the Menlo park, California based social network for using the patents without their permission.<br \/>\nIn 1998, a\u00a0Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer patented the &#8216;Like&#8217; button feature, which was five years prior to the Facebook&#8217;s launch. The patents were given on the basis of a functionality of Surfbook, a social diary created by Van der meer.<br \/>\nRembrandt Social Media filed a lawsuit in Virginia, Feb 5. Ironically, 4th Feb was Facebook&#8217;s 9th birthday. AddThis, along with Facebook is also in line to face the wrath.<br \/>\nCourtesy <a title=\"BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-21411622\">BBC<\/a><br \/>\nImage Courtesy: Mashable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you get a simple gesture of your hand patented? 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