Annabella Sciorra

META, A REVOLUTIONARY SMALL BUSINESS, FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST META PLATFORMS (F/K/A FACEBOOK)

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- META, a small business operating in the immersive and experiential technology industry since 2010, today filed a lawsuit against Facebook. For 12 years, META has powered the types of experiences and products that Facebook is now building and has served the same creators and consumers that Facebook is now targeting. META's lawsuit, filed by Pryor Cashman LLP, alleges that Facebook unlawfully seized the META mark and name — willfully violating META's trademark rights and engaging in egregious acts of unfair competition.

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  • META's lawsuit, filed by Pryor Cashman LLP,alleges that Facebook unlawfully seized the META mark and name willfully violating META's trademark rights and engaging in egregious acts of unfair competition.
  • "META has spent 12 years supporting, developing, and protecting the creator community, creators' rights, and ironically, creators' intellectual property.
  • "Facebook acts like it can freely destroy the communities META has helped develop, overrun the industry, and obliterate META's business.
  • About META ( https://meta.is/ ): META creates multi-sensory live experiences that ignite the human spirit with technology, design, music, and storytelling.