Thursday, February 18, 2010
Judges reject claim of plagiarism Facebook
Cologne - The decision is likely to have at the headquarters of Germany's largest student network provided for relief:
The U.S. giant Facebook has failed to seinerPlagiatsklage against rival StudiVZ in front of the Cologne District Court.
The California-based Facebook Inc.. StudiVZ had accused of having copied dieFacebook page.
But contrary to the District Court Cologne: "In the opinion of competent judges is present should not be overlooked despite the similarities and similarities of the two sites keineunlautere imitation."
As angefangenhabe StudiVZ in Germany was 2005, Facebook was still there, barely known, argued the judges.