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

  • Auntie Oedipus ✊🏰🕰️@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    would the enforceability of a trademark in this situation not also depend on whether an average person could easily distinguish the meta threads app from the other company? It’s been a while since I took this class and admittedly it was for non-majors but the way it was explained to us is that you can open a used car lot called “McDonald’s”, you just can’t sell burgers or lead people to believe that the burger joint is now selling used cars.

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Probably, I don’t know, TBH the elective course I took was single week of summer school, 2 ECTS points, passed by attendance. And it was around 2010.