Facebook is facing legal action over its use of the “like” button and other features of the social network. … Mr Van Der Meer was granted the patents in 1998, five years before Facebook first appeared.
Sony has filed a patent for a Like button. Another Sony patent has been added to the list. This time, it’s a feature that not many users may be comfortable with, a ‘Like Button’.
The like button was first announced as a FriendFeed feature on October 30, 2007 and was popularized within that community. Later the feature was integrated into Facebook before FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook August 10, 2009.
The first version of the Like button, then called the Awesome button, was developed in 2007. Facebook Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg was concerned about the public nature of the feature, and chose not to launch it until 2009 [7].
Is Facebook thumbs up trademarked?
Facebook and TiVo are in a trademark dispute over which company owns the humble “thumbs up” icon. In 2010, Facebook trademarked the icon that has permeated every corner of the site, with more than a billion people “liking” status updates, photos, videos, links and pages every day.
Facebook is finally rolling out a dislike button. Its users have long been asking for a way to show their disapproval of news, in addition to the famous Like button. But it is not exactly as one might expect.
Episode 1428 (1:39:57) Justin Rosenstein, the man who created the Like button for Facebook, is now saying that it has become too addictive. He’s blocked his own use of Reddit, Snapchat, and has imposed limits upon himself for Facebook.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Facebook has turned its “like” button pink for users in the U.S. … The change is only visible in the U.S. because the holiday falls on a different date in other countries, Newsweek said.