Threads Software Limited says its lawyers have informed Meta that it will seek an injunction from the courts if the Facebook parent keeps using the name Threads...

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

  • circuscriticEnglish
    12•1 year ago

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

    Is DrMoose on the hook for damages, to me? What are my options here?

    • @[email protected]English
      9•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.

        • @GlobulartEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          It’s lemmy, I think there was around an 80% chance anyway…

      • circuscriticEnglish
        9•1 year ago

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

          • circuscriticEnglish
            8•1 year ago

            That’s a great slogan, really sums up the energy of the PepSi social network. I’ve just filed to trademark it.

            What if down the road I wanted to use that slogan for my landscaping company, NiKE.

            Would that be an issue?

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 year ago

          Depends… Did BP trademark it every which way to Sunday (say for multiple industries/uses)?