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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by iaml on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:56PM (#29030048)
My kneejerk reaction is that some projects with "meta" in the name might get into legal troubles out of the blue.
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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by quickthrower2 on Friday October 29, 2021 @02:26AM (#29035795)
Legal trouble having nothing to do with the law itself but legal budgets.
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Re:Facebook Renames to Meta by cblconfederate on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:03AM (#29036004)
What about facebook getting into legal trouble here? There is tons of prior art and companies with the trademark. Either facebook buys them all, or find another name
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