Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago::undefined

  • long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    you’re right in almost everything

    Seems clear cut and Meta will likely have to change the name.

    Meta has a massive amount of resources, I’m sure they can afford more lawyers than the British company. Courts tend to favor the one with most resources, so the smaller company will have a very hard time trying to make Meta to change their app’s name.

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      1 year ago

      Not so much in the UK, but we’ll just have to wait and see. It may just end up that, in the UK, they’ll be called ThreadsUK or some legally-acceptable variant of the name that “meaningfully distinguishes” them according to the court.

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            them… Suede the band :) In the US their CD’s are labeled The London Suede cause some kids out in California or some shit were called Suede first and wouldn’t settle for a reasonable amount, so Suede got to keep their name in the states, never saw a penny, and when anyone on this planet mentiones Suede theyre not talking about the american kids waah waaaah