Not so much ch 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-accessible variant of the name that “meaningfully distinguishes” them according to the court.
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long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoyou’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.
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Like The London Suede, whom no one, at any time has ever referred to as The London Suede
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m inclined to believe you, because I’ve never heard of it!
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 7 months 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
Dasnap@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Threadstropolis.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Threads a go-go
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
And disapprove of the name only because that sounds pretty cool
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
The UK courts will be inclined to favour the UK company over an American conglomerate. They have to operate within the confines of the law but the British government really do want to show that they can actually act against these big multinationals (they need the win) so there may be quite a lot of interest in this case.
I can totally see the courts been heavily encouraged to throw the book at them as much as possible.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 months ago
While you’re absolutely right, there is often an element of appeasing the big US tech companies in London, given that the likes of Meta and Amazon are two of the biggest employers in the tech industry here. Pair this with the fact that we’ve got a large tech industry with very zero unicorns or home-grown success stories with a UK HQ, and I can see some pressure to compromise.
oce@jlai.lu 8 months ago
Pretty sure the original company will accept at a certain price, they just want to put legal pressure to make it rise, which is fair.
agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
If I was a judge I’d tell meta their attempt to buy what they wanted, then breaking IP law as soon as money couldn’t get what they wanted in hopes money in court would get them what they want is enough guilt for me. You really don’t need a degree in behavioral science to know a tantrum when you see one. This is a money tantrum by meta.