Facebook to sue its competitor Studivz

Facebook is planning on suing Studivz , a social networking platform for students based in Berlin, Germany for copying and stealing the look, feel, features and services of Facebook and also is seeking compensation,that will be determined at the trial (the name Studivz comes from the German expression Studentenverzeichnis or Studienverzeichnis, which means students’ directory and In April 2008 it  had almost 10 million members, most of them residing in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.) ; but Studivz said it had not been served with any court papers yet and that the Facebook claims were without merit.

Studivz claims that this trial is the direct result of the fact that Facebook has failed to obtain the success they had in US and other countries on the German market: ‘If you can’t beat them, sue them” (Marcus Riecke, chief executive of Studivz).

Facebook will launch  a new look to reduce clutter and make information easier to find. Recent numbers show that Facebook’s had nearly 125 million unique users visiting the site in May, beating its rival MySpace which had 115 million visitors.

Source: BBC News

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