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by rvshchwl
1683 days ago
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The reason I posted this link is because the announcement really irked me. I am not a fan of Facebook in any way, but it really bothers me that Microsoft is reusing the product name that Facebook announced a few days ago - Metaverse. It's as if Samsung launched a phone tomorrow called the Galaxy iPhone. What happened to trying to be unique and releasing your own products? As someone who does a lot of work with Intellectual Property, I am amazed that this product name is not protected, and even if it's not (because of the broad applications of the concept), I am disappointed by a company like Microsoft for essentially "stealing" another company's product name and releasing it a few days later. It feel very unclassy and I lost a lot of respect from Microsoft from this announcement. I'd like to hear everyone else's viewpoint on this. Is Microsoft breaking IP laws here, or is this just something unethical? |
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Yeah...no. You should know better. If Facebook has trademarked "metaverse", then there would be a problem because consumers could potentially have a problem distinguishing competing virtual realities. Since "metaverse" is from Neal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel "Snow Crash" in the first place, I doubt Facebook or Microsoft has a real "intellectual property" claim on the word in the first place.
My viewpoint is that Microsoft using "metaverse" is a lot like both Kroger and Safeway using "meat". And that you can have physical property, or intellectual property, but not both.