We would like to inform you of a recent development regarding the use of trademarks on social a networking website. On Tuesday, June 9, Facebook, Inc., the social networking website company based in the United States, publicly announced that beginning Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m. U.S. EDT, users of the Facebook website will be allowed for the first time to create personalised URLs for their Facebook pages (facebook.com/yourname).

Facebook, Inc. has created an online form for rights owners interested in preventing their trademarks from being registered as usernames by Facebook users. Trademark owners can reserve their trademark on the Facebook platform by submitting relevant information to Facebook, Inc. through their trademark protection contact form, available at: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=username_rights If you have further questions or concerns, please contact Facebook directly or see its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, available at: http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=896 We suggest that trademark owners submit a form for each of their registered trademarks before the launch date of 13 June 2009. If you need help in this matter then please feel free to contact us directly for assistance.

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