DannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 8 months agoA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1916arrow-down114
arrow-up1902arrow-down1external-linkA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThe legal fees alone while it gets dragged out in court will definitely hurt the smaller company.
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThat’s the strategy, of course. Throw a ton of lawyers at it and hope the other company just gives up.
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoYeah they don’t even need to hire a law firm. They pay millions of dollars in retainer every year to keep lawyers on staff, so this is just someone’s day job to go through the motions
The legal fees alone while it gets dragged out in court will definitely hurt the smaller company.
That’s the strategy, of course. Throw a ton of lawyers at it and hope the other company just gives up.
Yeah they don’t even need to hire a law firm. They pay millions of dollars in retainer every year to keep lawyers on staff, so this is just someone’s day job to go through the motions