An Arizona IT company already registered the Meta trademark in late August, and now they’re asking Facebook for a large sum of money to sell them the trademark.
A few days ago the company Facebook He surprised everyone with his take on the Metaverse, and also with the name change to simply Meta, something that sparked a slew of memes on the networks, and a name change that could cost the company dearly. by Mark Zuckerberg.
While the most logical thing is to register a trademark before announcing with great fanfare to the world that a company has changed its name, it seems that this important detail can now come out. for an economic amount of $ 20 million.
And it is that according to a document shared by TMZ, the company Meta PC of Arizona registered a trademark under the name “Meta” last August. We are not talking about the domain name, but about a registered trademark which could apparently prove them right since when they registered, Facebook’s plans were not yet known.
an announcement regarding our new name from our founder @zackshutt pic.twitter.com/I7tofqPa6Z
– PC META (@METAPCs) 28 octobre 2021
However, the co-founder of Meta PC, Zack closed, told British media The Guardian that the company was founded in November last year without knowing what was going to happen with Facebook a few months later. The highlight of the matter is that Meta PC would only trade for Facebook for as much as $ 20 million.
According to TMZ, Facebook believes it has the necessary rights to acquire the name clarifying that apparently the trademark application filed by Meta PC in August has not yet been granted.
Now it is likely that a legal battle will open between Meta PC and Meta itself (formerly Facebook) to see who ultimately gets the trademark of the registered name “Meta”.
A David and Goliath we’ve seen in other types of brand clashes in the past and it looks like Mark Zuckerberg will have no choice but to try to negotiate so as not to get involved in a legal battle which could last for several years. .
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