DannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1897arrow-down113
arrow-up1884arrow-down1external-linkA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe legal fees alone while it gets dragged out in court will definitely hurt the smaller company.
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoThat’s the strategy, of course. Throw a ton of lawyers at it and hope the other company just gives up.
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah 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
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