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

drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wholly incorrect. I work in trademark law and yeah you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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  • circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So… hypothetically, what if I’ve already used his comment as legal advice to launch my social network, “PepSi”?

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    • sndrtj@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t agree with the one you’re replying to, but trademark is usually bound to a sector. I’m pretty sure Pepsi trademarked all sectors known to mankind, but many companies don’t do that. If I start a bakery called FooBarBaz I can trademark that just fine even if there’s a software company called FooBarBaz that trademarked the name only for software.

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      • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        FooBarBaz

        Found the dev.

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      • circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So you don’t foresee any issues with pursuing my dream of opening a chain of nail salons called “British Petroleum”?

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  • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I never claimed anything about the law just commented how uninteristing and dumb this whole thing is.

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• circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m so confident in your legal analysis, which is clearly well thought out and legally sound, that I’ve launched my new social network “PepSi”.

  Gotta say, I’m feeling confident about this one.

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  • pirat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How do I sign up? Is it still invite-only?

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