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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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Eh it's such a genetic term trademark arguments are hard to make here. Also their completely different niches. Boring corporate bs thats only making news because people (rightfully) hate Metas Threads.
Wholly incorrect. I work in trademark law and yeah you have no idea what you're talking about.
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?
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.
Found the dev.
It's lemmy, I think there was around an 80% chance anyway...
So you don't foresee any legal issues with pursuing my dream of opening a chain of nail salons called "British Petroleum"?
Just Dew It
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?
Depends... Did BP trademark it every which way to Sunday (say for multiple industries/uses)?
I never claimed anything about the law just commented how uninteristing and dumb this whole thing is.
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 good about this one. No way it goes tits up.
How do I sign up? Is it still invite-only?