• zeppo@lemmy.world
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      Facebook rebranded as Meta and simply ignored that there was already a company in the tech business named that.

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      Also can someone else make something with a blue bird and call it Twitter now, arguing that both trademarks were actively abandoned?

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        Are you willing to try it out and see what their lawyers can come up with?

      • K Vinayak @lemmy.world
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        A trademark is not same as a copyright iirc. Apple did not come up with the word apple. Yet it’s a trademark. And Apple has a track record of suing smaller companies for trademark violations with silly reasoning

        May be Xorg can sue elon musk? idk. Depends on whether they are willing to drain money in a legal battle with a billionaire

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          It’s as useful as suing Trump. He’ll parade it around and use it for publicity, and stall and appeal endlessly. Then if you win, keep doing whatever and never pay anything.