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thewayneI just love it when 800 pound gorillas don't do their homework.
A software company in the UK trademarked a package that they sell called Threads. It's an enterprise messaging platform that does all sorts of marvelous things, from the first link: "The British company trademarked Threads in 2012 for its intelligent messaging hub, which can store a company's emails, tweets, and voice over internet protocol phone calls in a cloud database."
A DECADE AGO. Facebook's parent company Meta approached them four times to buy their domain name, threads.app, and were rebuffed each time. Threads were kicked off of Facebook when Meta's Threads went live. And now they've been given 30 days before the UK Threads people are going to take them to court! Threads, of course, is Meta's 'Twitter' app.
I can see them being forced to change their name in the UK, which will cause a bit of consternation.
There's a very good comment in Slashdot about Meta's choice in a product name: "We use the word threads to talk about email, forums and chat. FB intentionally chose this name in order to throw a wrench (or spanner) into popular vernacular. It's quite manipulative and deeply troubling behavior that is all too common with tech companies." At least Twitter and Tweets were unique when it started up.
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-told-stop-using-threads-name-company-owns-uk-trademark-2023-10
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030082004/en/Threads-Software-Limited-Gives-Meta%E2%80%99s-Instagram-30-Days-to-Desist-from-Using-the-Service-Name-Threads
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/10/30/2045231/meta-told-to-stop-using-threads-name-by-company-that-owns-uk-trademark
A software company in the UK trademarked a package that they sell called Threads. It's an enterprise messaging platform that does all sorts of marvelous things, from the first link: "The British company trademarked Threads in 2012 for its intelligent messaging hub, which can store a company's emails, tweets, and voice over internet protocol phone calls in a cloud database."
A DECADE AGO. Facebook's parent company Meta approached them four times to buy their domain name, threads.app, and were rebuffed each time. Threads were kicked off of Facebook when Meta's Threads went live. And now they've been given 30 days before the UK Threads people are going to take them to court! Threads, of course, is Meta's 'Twitter' app.
I can see them being forced to change their name in the UK, which will cause a bit of consternation.
There's a very good comment in Slashdot about Meta's choice in a product name: "We use the word threads to talk about email, forums and chat. FB intentionally chose this name in order to throw a wrench (or spanner) into popular vernacular. It's quite manipulative and deeply troubling behavior that is all too common with tech companies." At least Twitter and Tweets were unique when it started up.
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-told-stop-using-threads-name-company-owns-uk-trademark-2023-10
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231030082004/en/Threads-Software-Limited-Gives-Meta%E2%80%99s-Instagram-30-Days-to-Desist-from-Using-the-Service-Name-Threads
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/10/30/2045231/meta-told-to-stop-using-threads-name-by-company-that-owns-uk-trademark
