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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago::undefined

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

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

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 10 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
[-] 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 5 points 1 year ago

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

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