{"id":10914,"date":"2021-11-08T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/?p=10914"},"modified":"2021-11-05T20:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T11:50:33","slug":"facebook-might-need-to-pay-20-million-for-meta-trademark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/archives\/10914","title":{"rendered":"Facebook might need to pay $20 million for &#8220;Meta&#8221; trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Changing Facebook\u2019s identity didn&#8217;t smooth as they thought, there was someone already in front of facebook trying to get the \u201cmeta\u201d trademark and they\u2019re trying to give it up to Zuckerberg at a high price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, the founder of a company called Meta PC filed for trademark registration of the word \u201cmeta\u201d for computers, laptops, tablets, software, and other items related to technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">just added this beast to our ready-to-ship page:<br><br>\u2705 AMD Ryzen\u2122 Threadripper 3970X<br>\u2705 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080<br>\u2705 32GB RGB 3600MHZ DDR4 Memory<br>\u2705 Butt-load of storage<br><br>Available now on the ready-to-ship page at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x0G1ZS6fmQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/x0G1ZS6fmQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HsGHIH3ZQV\">pic.twitter.com\/HsGHIH3ZQV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; META PCs (@METAPCs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/METAPCs\/status\/1455289343065554944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg may have to buy Meta&#8217;s trademark for $ 20 million after a computer retailer claims to have defeated Facebook&#8217;s founder with a trademark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona-based MetaPC introduced the &#8220;Meta&#8221; trademark on computers, laptops, tablets, software, and other tech-related items on August 23, not far from the Silicon Valley giant market. ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founders Joe Darger and Zuck Shut told that they were ready to withdraw the brand name if Zuckerberg agreed to pay $20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tech expert says they have been running the company for over a year and has invested &#8220;significant personal money&#8221; in meta marketing and branding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not all share names are bad, as they have revealed that social media pages have already grown by 5,000% since Zuckerberg&#8217;s announcement on Meta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Meta (Facebook) source told that the company believes it has the right to adopt the brand.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>\n            <div class=\"wsbl_google_plus_one\"><g:plusone size=\"medium\" annotation=\"none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/archives\/10914\" ><\/g:plusone><\/div>\n            <div class=\"wsbl_hatena_button\"><a href=\"\/\/b.hatena.ne.jp\/entry\/https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/archives\/10914\" class=\"hatena-bookmark-button\" data-hatena-bookmark-title=\"Facebook might need to pay $20 million for &#8220;Meta&#8221; 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