Meta had a product previously called Threads, there's lots of companies called Apple. They are billed as a slack replacement and not a twitter replacement. I'm not seeing the issue.
Threads.net is a social media network where people use hashtags, exchange content, and chat.
Do you really not see the similarity and how it could be an issue?
A hash character I guess can be used but they don't do anything.
Works in Threads.
Works in Facebook.
Works in WhatsApp.
In fact, can you think of any other Meta property where links don't work, excluding Instagram?
I think the, "managment nightmare" is a boogeyman.
IANAL but it seems like Threads.com has a real case here
"The settlement includes terms that are confidential, although newspaper accounts at the time stated that Apple Computer was buying out Apple Corps' trademark rights for a total of $500 million."
See the trademark registration owned by Threads for THREADS, here: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87522273&caseType=SERIAL_...
The services the registration covers (in Class 42) are: "Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring computer software platforms for use in project management and collaboration for the technology and media industries that allows organizations and users to create, upload, share, discuss, store, and search content meant for users of the platform; none of the foregoing specifically targeting decision support among healthcare professionals and facilities"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_(Nice)_Classific...
I think these are both in class 38 “Telecommunications”
Because they both operate in the replacement space?
There should be no trademark protection for companies which use existing words as their name, especially if the word describes their business. "Slack" as a software name is borderline; "Slacks" as a name of a clothing company is crazy.