this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
309 points (96.1% liked)

Fediverse

17776 readers
45 users here now

A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

Getting started on Fediverse;

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml
wakest@lemmy.ml
309
Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago (8 children)

My favorite trademark story is how McDonald's lost the rights to the name Big Mac in Ireland due to an existing trademark

[–] mitch8128@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This happened in Australia too, that's why we have hungry jacks and not burger king

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

And to Wendy's in Netherlands, which is why there's no Wendy's in the EU.

load more comments (6 replies)