It’s a shame how obvious they’re working their corporate bullying cards simply because of money. Imagine if I created a product called Google and tried to sue Google for it. That would be ridiculous, right? Well, that’s what Facebook is doing, just with money.
It’s not what Facebook is doing. The company has owned the trademark for over a decade, and Facebook is trying to strong arm them into giving it up.
This is also in the UK where they somewhat stand up to companies like Facebook. McDonald’s lost their trademark for the Big Mac for trying to do this exact same thing.
Maybe I didn’t convey what I’m saying well. Facebook is attempting to take a name because they have money. Laws don’t really apply to them, they seem to think, and it’s because of their bullying and their money.
Came across differently in your initial comment.
Also, Wendy’s had this issue as well in Europe, but their issue was about their actual company name.
Someone should start an alternate DNS root and then auction off facebook.com within their platform.
hahaha i didnt know this happened. Supermac FTW!
Eh, the UK isn’t in the best situation, in terms of big tech. If anything, most FAANG companies have got away without paying any tax here for over a decade because the alternative is they ship all of their jobs elsewhere, and the UK tech scene implodes.
I think a UK court would likely stand up for the British company, as they should, but I would expect Meta to be allowed to throw their weight around a little.
Facebook isn’t suing Threads. The longtime trademark holder is suing Facebook.
Right, I know
Okay, pointing out the analogy of “Imagine if I created a product called Google and tried to sue Google for it […] Well, that’s what Facebook is doing” doesn’t match this situation.
Facebook created a product called Threads and is attempting to bully Threads Software into taking their name. I was creating a hypothetical situation about how most small companies can’t just steal a company trademark, because it’s rightfully someone else’s. However, if you are a larger company and, have enough money, and have shit ethics, then you can just kinda… ignore that, and for some reason, the US is happy to let wallets write the law.
They did this with Meta, too.
I agree, that is what they’re doing. My only point was they’re being sued, not suing someone. They just took the name and were ignoring the other company that was already using it.
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I think the part that is missing is “imagine if I were a billion dollar company and I…”
Didn’t they pull the same shit back when they changed the company name to Meta?
Yeah.
I predict that years will go by and it’ll still be called Threads.
Well, since Meta/Facebook will probably be pulling out of the UK along with every other social media company, that’s hardly a “threat”
You mean, “That’s hardly a ‘thread?’”
I’ll see myself out
You mean, “hold this thread as I walk away” 🎶
Threadful this story. Poor wee nerds. Fight them Meta’s
Do you want to destroy my sweater?!?
Ba-dum-tssss!
Does that mean we’re in for an influx of br*tish people?
We’re already here!
Your comment shows it will be posted “in 17 minutes”, I have never seen that before.
9 more minutes I’m so exited
It’s a kbin/lemmy integration thing. Although I did think it was fixed now.
Too bad, I was thinking this future-past connection thing we had could be really lucrative for us.
Yeah, sorry. I can’t give you any lottery numbers just in time to buy a ticket.
That will raise too many questions after we win for the 3rd time. We need to ride the gold and soybean market fluctuations ;)
Wow, you speak English so well! /s
I think you mean Bri*ish
We’re already here. We lurk in the shadows.
We can hear you, you’re not exactly quiet when drinking that tea.
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Probably not. They’ll farm the jobs off to Berlin, most likely.
With that said, I’d be shocked if the inevitable UK/US trade deal didn’t include some degree of visa. British workers are cheap as fuck, and our service industries already do a lot of cheap labour for US companies that don’t want to pay domestic workers.
I wouldn’t be surprised if FB/Meta tried to just settle out of court and pay them off.
“That’ll be one billion quid, please.”
They will. This was most likely planned by their legal team in advance, will cost Facebook a negligible amount compared to their revenue and marked as a “risk.” And when they settle it will be a planned business expense, like a fine
What would it have cost Facebook to come up with a different name?
~$1,000,000,000,000 USD, which is why they’re trying to do it the “easy way”
The legal fees alone while it gets dragged out in court will definitely hurt the smaller company.
That’s the strategy, of course. Throw a ton of lawyers at it and hope the other company just gives up.
Yeah they don’t even need to hire a law firm. They pay millions of dollars in retainer every year to keep lawyers on staff, so this is just someone’s day job to go through the motions
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The company has said that they’ve spent a decade building their “brand” under that name. So, if they’re pushing for a big payout, they intend it to be gargantuan rather than the usual payoff. Changing their name would essentially be starting over in some ways. And the confusion they claim as their reason for action is a legit thing.
I’m not saying that isn’t their goal behind the scenes, but FB tried to buy the name and failed, so I have a feeling they aren’t looking for the usual quiet payoff that’s the goal of that type of action.
Isn’t this just business news?
It is this is not technology news
Threads isn’t even a good name lol
Never download the Meta Threads.
Delete all meta accounts
Take the L, Facebook!
ITT:…
…wait why did I just get kicked off facebook.Eh I don’t think they have much of a claim here. Threads is a super common word in software and Facebook can so what they want with their own platform.
The problem is that the company doing this is in messaging. It isn’t a direct competitor, but it’s a legit proposition, as per the analysis lawyers have made. It’s big enough news that the usual outlets have chimed in, and the gist has been that a suit would have standing