Threads Software Limited says its lawyers have informed Meta that it will seek an injunction from the courts if the Facebook parent keeps using the name Threads...
  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for sharing, I hope they stand their ground and will definitely will keep an eye on this one. LOL

  • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    My favorite trademark story is how McDonald’s lost the rights to the name Big Mac in Ireland due to an existing trademark

    • mitch8128@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      This happened in Australia too, that’s why we have hungry jacks and not burger king

  • magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Huh. This isn’t some dirtbag domain squatter, either. This is a ten year old company with a serious, legitimate claim. Plus, their services are easily similar enough to create marketplace confusion, which is a major factor in trademark cases.

    This doesn’t help, either:

    It appears that Meta was aware of Threads before launching its platform of the same name. Company lawyers made four offers to purchase the domain ‘threads.app’ from Threads Software Ltd from April 2023, all of which were declined.

    Zuck fucked up.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      11 months ago

      He didn’t “fuck up” so much as think he was big enough to bully the legal issue away.

      They did it with the word “meta” here’s hoping they don’t get away with it a second time.

    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      Like others have said, the Zuck probably thinks he can lawyer his way through it. He could try to bleed the company dry over a long set of proceedings, hoping they decide to settle, somehow.