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A small UK software company which trademarked the name Threads over 10 years ago is demanding Meta stop using the name within 30 days (www.businessinsider.in)
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A small UK software company which trademarked the name Threads over 10 years ago is demanding Meta stop using the name within 30 days::Threads Software Limited and its lawyers wrote to Meta to tell it to stop using the Threads name in the UK.It's owned the British trademark for Threads since

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The other threads is a diabolical site that lures in children, tracks their activity, tailors content to them with the aim of getting them addicted and then targets advertising toward them that is so incredibly honed as to be fail proof. So as Long as Facebook isn't doing anything shitty like that, they should be fine.