Facebook Patent Wars

I found a series of articles on BNET about Facebook's aggressive attempts to protect their social media dominance by getting patents which will make it harder for competitors, including Google to utilize key social networking services in their Social platforms - if Facebook got their first - or already bought the patents from other companies, like Friendster.

Facebook Locks Down an Important Patent on Social Gift Giving

>>Read more: Facebook Locks Down an Important Patent on Social Gift Giving | BNET

Facebook Gets Broad Patent on Digital Media Tagging

>>Read more: Facebook Gets Broad Patent on Digital Media Tagging | BNET

Facebook Seeks Patent on Passing Personal Info Between Users

>>Read more: Facebook Seeks Patent on Passing Personal Info Between Users | BNET

New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search [Update]

>>Read more: New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search [Update] | BNET