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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads | Africanews

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There's a fight over the Threads name.

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Same happened to X and they're still using it. Once you a billionaire you're above stupid laws like copyright or trademark.
- If you pirate stuff they can sue you to the ground but if a fine is not related to total income or wealth it's just something to be ignored.
  Can't understand why not more people lobby for fines to be proportional in general...
  
  if the punishment for a crime is a fine, it's only a crime for the poor.
The corporation formerly known as Facebook also shouldn't be using the name "Meta".
A British software firm, Threads Software Limited, has given Meta a 30-day ultimatum to cease using the name "Threads" in the UK, citing ownership of the trademark.
So it's just a threat with no actual value or feasible legal repercussions?
- They usually give them an ultimatum. If that isn't followed then they'll sue.
Threads Software Limited successfully trademarked the name "Threads" in 2012 for its intelligent messaging hub, which offers the capability to store a company's emails, tweets, and voice-over internet protocol phone calls in a cloud database.
How would anyone confuse the social media company Threads with the business-to-business "upload your emails to a database" company, which apparently serves law firms? If I Google there names, I encounter no less than three different companies with the same name that offer products more closely related to Threads than the one filing the lawsuit.
Sounds to me that they thought they could squeeze more out of Meta but found out that their domain name isn't as critical as they thought.

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