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Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)
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[–] infinitepcg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

In the case of Meta, they acquired a small company with that name many years before. Makes me wonder if they also bought something called Threads before.