Threads Software Limited says its lawyers have informed Meta that it will seek an injunction from the courts if the Facebook parent keeps using the name Threads...
  • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
    651·
    11 months ago

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

    • Spacemanspliff@midwest.socialEnglish
      19·
      11 months ago

      What’s next about that is if they had activity bothered to treat the case seriously and bumbled their paperwork so hard the judge ruled against them.

    • mitch8128@lemmy.ml
      15·
      11 months ago

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

    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
      8·
      11 months ago

      Not just Ireland, southern Ireland is EU so they lost it in the whole of Europe

      The BK near me was offering King Macs for a while just to take the piss

        • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
          31·
          11 months ago

          Most yanks don’t know the difference, just clarifying for them here father dougal

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
        4·
        11 months ago

        Southern Ireland isn’t a thing. Ireland makes up about 80% of the island of Ireland and Northern Ireland is what remains. But you’re correct, they challenged our local Ray Kroc and lost.

        • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
          11·
          11 months ago

          Yes, I know mate, I was clarifying for those who think the UK is called Engurlaaand

  • kglitch@kglitch.social
    161·
    11 months ago

    I can confirm that the 1984 Threads movie is pretty traumatizing. Not in a horror movie kind of way, in a “this is realistically what would happen in and after a nuclear war, which is the end of everything in the worst way you can imagine” kinda way.

    It’s on youtube.

    • Tangentism@lemmy.ml
      4·
      11 months ago

      It gave me a chuckle that they slotted that into the article!

      IMDB even has a listing for “woman who urinates herself” when the bomb drops.

      I always remember the last scenes when the main protagonists daughter tries to wake her “RUTH! RUTH!”.

      I’ve got it downloaded but haven’t watched it since the 80s as it’s part of my childhood trauma so might take a bit of unpacking!

  • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
    2·
    11 months ago

    Thanks for sharing, I hope they stand their ground and will definitely will keep an eye on this one. LOL