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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago
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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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It is too bad Meta couldn't afford a lawyer to do a search for trademarks and copyrights. Really shame.
Did you even read the article??
They literally made an offer to buy the domain Threads.app 4 times and got rejected.
It was sarcasm. Meta has lots of money.
And then figured they'd be fine if they deleted their Facebook account. If your Facebook account gets deleted you get deleted in real life, after all.
TIL Facebook follows Wes Craven rules
You think they were unaware?
They already planned for this. They’ll settle out of court. It’s pennies to them and a planned business expense, like a fine