Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
A small UK software company which trademarked the name Threads over 10 years ago is demanding Meta stop using the name within 30 days::Threads Software Limited and its lawyers wrote to Meta to tell it to stop using the Threads name in the UK.It’s owned the British trademark for Threads since
If they waited this long to go after Facebook they must have a strong case lol
Not happening. This came up in another thread, too. They aren’t competing in the same industry, so they don’t really have a basis to claim anything.
Sometimes people get confused and just see “software” in the description of things and just declare it “tech”. Therefore, same industry. But yeah, not related.
It seems to me that there might be room for confusion and maybe they are closely enough related to cause a problem.
The British company trademarked Threads in 2012 for its intelligent messaging hub, which can store a company’s emails, tweets, and voice over internet protocol phone calls in a cloud database.
“You can store your threads from Threads in Threads… Ummm… I mean, Threads Software Limited provides software that will let you store your threads from Threads…”
That said, I don’t know if Threads Software Limited is actively used or abandoned IP. If their IP is in active use, not abandoned, they could have a case. It’s likely a cash grab, though. They probably hope Facebook will just settle with them for a few million.
Who’s downvoting this dude lol
What does the other Threads do? If it’s not social media they might be fine.
People who read the article?
The British company trademarked Threads in 2012 for its intelligent messaging hub, which can store a company’s emails, tweets, and voice over internet protocol phone calls in a cloud database.
The other threads is a diabolical site that lures in children, tracks their activity, tailors content to them with the aim of getting them addicted and then targets advertising toward them that is so incredibly honed as to be fail proof. So as Long as Facebook isn’t doing anything shitty like that, they should be fine.
do they even use the name? or did they just trademark it 10 years ago and left it abandoned until now? do they even compete in the same field?
threads.cloud/press-release-threads-software-limi…
Here is their website. Yes they use it. Yes they have customers.
it certainly looks real, then the article in the original post referred to wrong url
Wasn’t there something similar about the name Meta and nothing came of that either?
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I hope this does something but I know it won’t lol.
Maybe they can take a page out of elons playbook and rename threads to something like “Z”?
worldwidewave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They should go with XX
Tygr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Definitely XXX, triple the fun of Xitter.
BrisaLuna@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Might get mistaken for cross stitch or something …
Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I think Twitter might be available now.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If it’s really just the UK, Zuch will keep shoveling money at them until they give in. Worse case scenario: rebrand for UK only:? Boycott UK to apply political pressure?