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

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    Who’s downvoting this dude lol

    What does the other Threads do? If it’s not social media then FB might be fine.

    • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      People who read the article?

      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.

      • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
        54·
        1 year ago

        Why would I read the article when I could instead degrade the quality of public discourse because I’m lazy

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      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.