Virtual Stampede Coming to Facebook on 12:01 6/13 - Run for Your Trademarks!!

I feel it's my duty to make this news known to anybody that may not know it... although I highly doubt that is the case, especially given my paltry number of readers (love every single one of you though... all 5 of you. Your devotion knows no bounds). Anyway, facebook is officially giving usernames out on 12:01 am on Saturday, June 13th. This basically means you can get a URl like: www.facebook.com/johnsmith. I can bet your booty I'll be in line for my name. However, it has given rise to some interesting trademark issues, which Jonathan Handel addresses in his blog. So bands - if your band name or logo is REGISTERED with the USPTO, you can go to www.facebook.com/username and put in the registration number to reserve the URL extension. If it's not formally registered, I'm afraid you're going to be in line with the rest of us, most likely crashing Facebook @ 12:01. Let the games begin.