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iaml on Oct 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Renames to Meta

My kneejerk reaction is that some projects with "meta" in the name might get into legal troubles out of the blue.

quickthrower2 on Oct 29, 2021 | [–]

Legal trouble having nothing to do with the law itself but legal budgets.

cblconfederate on Oct 29, 2021 | [–]

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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