META is suing Meta for naming itself Meta

When Facebook changed its name to Meta in October, there were some who worried that the business was intending to dominate the emerging metaverse — but one

party is only now coming forward.

META (or Meta.is),

, said on Tuesday that it will sue Meta (or Facebook) for , claiming that Zuckerberg's name change violated the smaller company's .

"On October 28, 2021, Facebook seized our META mark and name, which we spent over twelve years building," reads a note on the smaller company's website. "Today, after eight months of trying in good faith to negotiate with Facebook, we were left with no choice but to

them." Meta.is has a legitimate trademark for the name, but it may have given Facebook's wide range of trademark filings after the name change became official - including separate marks for messaging, social networks, and financial services.

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