Ars TechnicaJul 6, 2023

Musk and Zuck may fight in court: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads

X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/musk-and-zuck-may-fight-in-court-twitter-threatens-to-sue-meta-over-threads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads

X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.

Ars Technica
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysJul 6, 2023
@arstechnica this isn’t rocket science. Meta has plenty of experience building social media apps and Musk should have know other social media companies would pick up ex-twitter employees.
Show threadCalum
@MaybeMyMonkeys Twitter did essentially manage to patent Twitter ten years ago though, so their lawyers can all have fun with that at least. https://www.wired.com/2013/03/twitter-patents/
Twitter Wins Patent for Twittering

Twitter has received a patent for, well, Twitter. Originally filed in 2008, the patent describes a "device independent message distribution platform," and it was officially granted Tuesday by the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office.

WIRED
Jul 9, 2023 at 11:39amWeb
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysJul 10, 2023
@scottishwildcat Musk probably fired all the lawyers that knew Twitter's IP, and will go up against Meta's experienced lawyers. Fun times.