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Fire up the Facebook attorneys, the social network is being sued for patent infringement. A Baltimore based company holds a patent on “facilitating communications between user members of an online network” and they claim Facebook is infringing on that patent. Facebook says it will fight the suit.
WhoGlue makes and sells software for associations and nonprofits to help them manage their memberships via the Internet. The company holds a patent for what is described in the filing as a system for "facilitating communications between user members of an online network."