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"FindMeOn, a company we've briefly mentioned a couple times here at Mashable, has announced intent to send Google a letter asking that it change the name of OpenSocial to .. something other than that. We have a feeling what Google is going to end up saying, but CNet is reporting that not only do they plan on sending a very stern letter, they're also tentatively planning some sort of legal action.\nThe thing is, despite the fact that no one in the world is going to end up getting confused between Google and FindMeOn, the little guy, in this case, may have a little bit of a case.\nFineMeOn develops profile aggregation tools that allow you to link your profile data between social networking websites.\u00A0 OpenSocial, on the other hand, is a platform that allows profile data to travel between social networking sites.\u00A0 FindMeOn calls their service \"OpenSN\".\u00A0 Google calls theirs OpenSocial.\nI'm just spitballing here, but it might be cheaper for Google to buy them than to mount a serious legal defense.\u00A0 It sounds like FindMeOn may have a real case here, making serious legal wranglings by Google a bit pricey.\nOf course, it may be FindMeOn's strategy from the beginning.\n[via CNet]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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