A certain social network is now one step closer to owning a trademark on the term face.

Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office sent Facebook a Notice of Allowance, indicating that it doesnt take issue with the idea.One significant point this doesnt mean that Facebooks preparing to sue anyone who uses words like facelift, facemask, and faceoff. Or face by itself, for that matter.According to the official USPTO document, the trademark would only apply in the realm of telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users in the field of general interest and concerning social and entertainment subject matter, none primarily featuring or relating to motoring or to cars.