Meta has 30 days to stop using the name
They should rename it to Twitter
Threads (Not That Threads) Tells Meta It Had the Name First
Submitted 1 year ago by vowseh@lemmy.eco.br to technology@lemmy.world
https://gizmodo.com/threads-not-that-threads-tells-meta-it-had-the-name-f-1850972595
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Zoldyck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Omg so much yes
The_Vampire@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There’s a very high chance Musk still has the rights to that trademark, unfortunately.
Zoldyck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True
1847953620@lemmy.world 1 year ago
twatter
magmaus3@szmer.info 1 year ago
didn’t it take “Meta” name as well?
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
Because that’s what you do when you’re a trust find baby with no guard rails and plenty of money.
n3m37h@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And the symbol, look up MOGA
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Dr. John Yardley, Threads Ltd’s managing director told Gizmodo in an email that Threads Ltd. waited four months to reach out to Meta to obtain enough legal advice to ensure they could “proceed with action with any reasonable confidence of winning it.”
Threads Ltd., owned by JPY Ltd., widely promoted the company since 2014, two years after it trademarked its name.
The company said in its letter that since its inception, it has licensed nearly 1,000 organizations globally and claims its sales are growing by an average of 200% per year.
“We recognize that this is a classic ‘David and Goliath’ battle with Meta,” Yardley said in the letter.
Meta launched Threads in June and gained 100 million users within the first five days, surpassing its competitor X.
A month later, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said more than half of Threads users stopped using the platform.
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Lizzy_Wizzy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Not a chance this holds up. But maybe an easy payout for the little guy
Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't even remember them anymore, I haven't heard from them since the endless news of their fast rise. How are they doing?
Agent641@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Same name, same industry - digital messaging.
If Meta didn’t have a massive amount of money and lawyers, this would be a VERY easy case to win.
Meta decided they wanted the name, tried to buy it, and then opted to knowingly rip it out of a smaller company’s hands. What a bunch of assholes.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why was he hell bent on using the name Threads. Every time I hear it makes me think of the Dragon Riders or Pern. Not messaging app. Fuck Meta hope the real Threads company wins.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I agree with the last sentence but Threads seems like a completely appropriate name for the service. Online conversations have been called threads for decades
anonionfinelyminced@kbin.social 1 year ago
"Drummer, beat, and piper, blow,
Harper, strike, and soldier, go.
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Till the dawning Red Star passes."
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
It makes me think of the apocalyptic nuclear war drama. Quite appropriate.
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A dragon must fly when there are Threads in the sky.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
To be fair, apps like that do tend to encourage people to isolate themselves at home, rather than going to meet people outside.
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Yeah, it’s really surprising that an ethical, upstanding company like Meta would pull a dick move like that. It’s so out of character.
mark@programming.dev 1 year ago
the hardest I’ve laughed all week
snooggums@kbin.social 1 year ago
It seems like money shouldn't be able to buy a win in court for something so obvious, but here we are.
Faceroll@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Facebook did this before
theverge.com/…/meta-augmented-reality-facebook-la…
Zellith@kbin.social 1 year ago
They did the same with meta iirc.