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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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[-] the_ocs@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Someone was able to trademark the word "Apple", so that's not so surprising

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Twice.

And when Apple violated the agreement they made with Apple Music not to enter each other's industries (Apple Records couldn't sell tech and Apple Computers couldn't sell music), they successfully argued in court that iTunes wasn't selling music, but digital downloads...

[-] ByGourou@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How stupid must the court be to agree that Apple music isn't about selling music...

[-] Treczoks@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Which, for me, also falls under "why the heck was this legal at any time?"

[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because unless you want every company to be a random Amazon brand or initialism, that's how it kinda has to be, and it works fine until one company gains so much market share the word starts being associated with only them.
Think of like, Target or Shell. Both are huge companies, but their fields are narrow. You might confuse a Target named restaurant or pharmacy to be the Target, but probably not much more. And if it doesn't have anything to do with oil or gas, it's almost certainly not that Shell.

Apple is just so huge I wouldn't be surprised if at this point people think of iPhones while buying lunch. And even they started as "Apple Computers, inc", because they wouldn't have gotten just "Apple" if they had tried.

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