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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Isn't this just business news? Where's the tech?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wonder if Posts is taken....... lol Twitter switched to one letter. I kind of prefer the made up ethnically ambiguous names than the short ones.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not to be confused with the movie of the same name that, unlike Meta's service, made me a miserable drunk

I'm sure Meta Legal knew and would deal with it when the time came.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Even the name Meta was trademarked by others and they paid a lot for the rights to use it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

again? didnt they have to pay that woman who was regged as meta on insta aswell? like there is nothing at all original about marcs "ideas".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

New name: "Y"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

quick reptile tongue slurp

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zuckbot just got his ass kicked lol. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. The group making billions in profit every quarter is sure getting their ass kicked. Facebook is dying too, right?

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