Mark Zuckerberg, who changed his company name from Facebook to Meta Platforms last year, plans to invest billions of dollars in the metaverse. However, a 12-year-old VR firm sued Meta Platforms, claiming it patented the name Meta.
Meta vs MetaX: Name case confused
A VR firm founded in 2010 as MetaX LLC said Mark Zuckerberg had infringed on the name. The small startup suing Meta said it filed a trademark application in 2016 and registered its name in 2020.
Some statements made by MetaX founder Justin Bolognino on Twitter revealed that MetaX was negatively affected by the new decision. Forced to tell many people they had nothing to do with Facebook, Bolognino said he shed “blood, sweat and tears” to prove they weren’t bought by Meta.
According to the case file, Justin Bolognino tried to contact Meta multiple times. He said he first spoke to Facebook executives in 2017 and tried to convince them that a possible name change “wouldn’t be possible”.
Thereupon, he revealed that Facebook executives were interested in the company and developed a joint project. He stated that Facebook is keeping in touch for a possible augmented reality and artificial intelligence project, but the details of this project were not shared.
Still, he couldn’t go against Facebook’s rebranding effort and Mark Zuckerberg officially announced Meta Platforms. Saying that they had been arguing for eight months, Bolognino announced that he wanted material and moral compensation in the case file.
https://twitter.com/jbolognino/status/1549432827325865986
MetaX also claimed that Mark Zuckerberg’s logo was faulty. Bolognino noted that both companies use logos similar to the letter “M”.
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