Threads Software Limited says its lawyers have informed Meta that it will seek an injunction from the courts if the Facebook parent keeps using the name Threads...

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  • sndrtj@feddit.nl
    English
    9·
    8 months 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.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
      101·
      8 months ago

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

        • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
          8·
          8 months 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.eeEnglish
        52·
        8 months ago

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