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
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.
“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 then FB might be fine.
People who read the article?
Why would I read the article when I could instead degrade the quality of public discourse because I’m lazy
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.