Facebook has filed a case against a Bangladeshi named SK Shamsul Alam for allocating a domain name from BTCL called facebook.com.bd seeking compensation of USD 50,000.
On Sunday (November 22), a Facebook-appointed lawyer filed the case in the Dhaka District Judge’s Court under sections 96 and 97 of the Trademark Act and section 151 of the Criminal Code. Case number – 41/2020.
The case is scheduled to be heard on December 1 in the court of Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Shawkat Ali ChowdhuryEarlier, a lawyer for social media Facebook said that a Bangladeshi company would file a case against a company for notifying the sale of a domain called Facebook.com BD. A lawsuit will be filed in the lower court of Dhaka next week, said Barrister Mohammad, a lawyer for Facebook in Bangladesh. Mokshedul Islam.
He said Facebook is one of the most widely used social media in the world. No one can open a website using this name. But a Bangladeshi company called A One Software Limited has opened a local domain called Facebook.com BD. The domain will be sold for ছয় 6 million. We have sent multiple legal notices to Facebook to shut down the site. But that did not stop. That’s why the Facebook authorities hired me as a lawyer to take legal action in this regard.
Barrister Mokshed said that Facebook itself is a trademark. Barrister Mokshed said that Facebook itself is a trademark. It has registered domains in different countries of the world including Bangladesh. So no one can manage any website using the Facebook name if they want.
It may be mentioned that SK Shamsul Alam allotted a domain called ‘Facebook.com.bd’ from Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) in 2008. ‘Facebook.com.BD’s domain is called ‘For Sale’ – www.facebook.com.bd This domain is for sale. Direct sell contact: [email protected]. a fixed “Buy it Now” price has been set of US 6000000 (Six million United States Dollars Only). this is subject to change at any time.
