Name Similarities between

In reference to our already-established use of “OpenSN (Open Social Network)” for open Social Network Portability protocols , we are planning to formally ask Google to both cease use of the name “Open Social” for their multi-network widget/protocols platform, and end current attempts to trademark it. While our products are not functionally identical, they are obviously similar in design and nature; Google’s choice of naming their product has created an unfortunate confusion between our competing technologies.

FindMeOn has been using the name OpenSN (Open Social Network) since October 2006 to brand goods & services on the internet relating to Social Network Portability, and enjoys common-law trademark rights and protections. Given the obvious similarities in both names and products, we believe that the name of Google’s product is “confusingly similar” to our already established brand name.

FindMeOn.com and the OpenSN protocols have helped users link , manage and track their online identities & relationships in a secure and open manner. The firm’s pioneering and patent-pending technologies in Identity Management, Social Network Portability, and Online Advertising Intelligence have been increasingly used as the model for derivative works. In August 2006 FindMeOn launched as the first platform designed to syndicate online identities, profile information and content stream notifications — essentially a giant switchboard that connected user accounts across the internet. In October 2006 FindMeOn unveiled a relationship indexer which tracks online inter-personal relations (allowing users to see their true n-degrees of separation across networks), and a contact importing / management service which standardizes a user’s online contacts across different networks. On October 11th 2006 FindMeOn.org unveiled OpenSN – the Open Social Network standard for profile serialization and exchange. In January of 2007, FindMeOn filed for US Patent protections to cover public consumer tools, backend server technologies, and a next-generation customized content system that offers super-targeted advertising through anonymized multi-size consumer profiling.