Can the Government Seize Facebook Due to Infringing Profiles?

Trademark owners have argued for some time that Facebook might be liable for trademark infringement by its users, if it fails to act in compliance with the standards discussed in Tiffany v. eBay.

Now Congress is debating with the Obama administration whether seizure of domain names like facebook.com is an appropriate remedy for IP violations.

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