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

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It is too bad Meta couldn't afford a lawyer to do a search for trademarks and copyrights. Really shame.

Did you even read the article??

It appears that Meta was aware of Threads before launching its platform of the same name. Company lawyers made four offers to purchase the domain 'threads.app' from Threads Software Ltd from April 2023, all of which were declined. Meta announced Threads in July 2023, the same time that the British company says it was removed from Facebook.

They literally made an offer to buy the domain Threads.app 4 times and got rejected.

And then figured they'd be fine if they deleted their Facebook account. If your Facebook account gets deleted you get deleted in real life, after all.

TIL Facebook follows Wes Craven rules

You think they were unaware?

They already planned for this. They’ll settle out of court. It’s pennies to them and a planned business expense, like a fine