Facebook continues using 'Timeline' name after settling lawsuit with Timelines, Inc.

Facebook has settled a lawsuit brought by Timelines, Inc. over the social network's use of the phrase "Timeline" to describe its user profiles. The company reported yesterday in an SEC filing that it had reached an agreement to resolve the suit, though terms of the settlement are unknown. Facebook lost an attempt to end the trademark infringement case last month, after it failed to convince a court that it was using "timeline" generically or descriptively, rather than as a product name. The two ...