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"Facebook&amp;#039;s legal dispute over its Timeline trademark should be heard in court, a District Court judge has ruled. Chicago-based Timelines sued the social network over the rights to the term shortly after the service was rolled out in 2011, and Mark Zuckerberg&amp;#039;s company has failed in its bid to have the case dismissed, Bloomberg reports.  Timelines, a website that launched in 2009 to help users compile chronologies charting historical events, filed a complaint against Facebook alleging unfair competition and trademark infringement. Facebook soon hit back, taking to the courts to seek a ruling of non-infringement and a cancellation of Timeline&amp;#039;s registrations, arguing that the term &amp;#039;timeline&amp;#039; is generic and cannot be protected under trademark infringement law. Unconvinced by Facebook&amp;#039;s counter-arguments, District Judge John W Darrah has ruled that the case be debated in court. Timelines, which is seeking damages equivalent to the advertising revenue Facebook has gained through its Timeline service, has stated that it is &amp;quot;happy&amp;quot; with the judge&amp;#039;s decision. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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