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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

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[-] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 52 points 1 year ago

Wholly incorrect. I work in trademark law and yeah you have no idea what you're talking about.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So... hypothetically, what if I've already used his comment as legal advice to launch my social network, "PepSi"?

Is DrMoose on the hook for damages, to me? What are my options here?

[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

I don't agree with the one you're replying to, but trademark is usually bound to a sector. I'm pretty sure Pepsi trademarked all sectors known to mankind, but many companies don't do that. If I start a bakery called FooBarBaz I can trademark that just fine even if there's a software company called FooBarBaz that trademarked the name only for software.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

FooBarBaz

Found the dev.

[-] Globulart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's lemmy, I think there was around an 80% chance anyway...

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you don't foresee any legal issues with pursuing my dream of opening a chain of nail salons called "British Petroleum"?

[-] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago

Just Dew It

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's a great slogan, really sums up the energy of the PepSi social network. I've just filed to trademark it.

What if down the road I wanted to use that slogan for my landscaping company, NiKE.

Would that be an issue?

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Depends... Did BP trademark it every which way to Sunday (say for multiple industries/uses)?

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I never claimed anything about the law just commented how uninteristing and dumb this whole thing is.

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