Daniel PorterFeb 11, 2013•FeaturedFacebook "like" button may infringe; lawsuit0 Comments The BBC reports that a deceased Dutch programmer held patents claiming features similar to Facebook's. Joannes Jozef Everardus Van Der Meer was granted patents 6,415,316 and 6,289,362 more than three years before Zuckerberg's debut at Harvard. BBC News - Facebook sued over 'like' button