{"id":1247324,"date":"2023-07-08T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T06:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1247324"},"modified":"2023-07-08T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T06:39:20","slug":"elon-musk-twitter-can-sue-mark-zuckerberg-threads-over-copycat-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/elon-musk-twitter-can-sue-mark-zuckerberg-threads-over-copycat-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk &#038; Twitter Can Sue Mark Zuckerberg &#038; Threads Over &#8216;Copycat&#8217; Issue!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Twitter is threatening to sue Meta after the latter launched its new rival Threads, as it believes the app to be a \u201ccopycat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Elon Musk &amp; Twitter Can Sue Mark Zuckerberg &amp; Threads Over 'Copycat' Issue!\" class=\"wp-image-1247327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1280x720-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1280x720-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Untitled-design-31-1-1-1280x720-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trade secret theft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, just hours after the launch of Threads, an attorney representing Twitter sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter, accusing his company of stealing trade secrets by hiring former Twitter employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/06\/2023\/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta-over-threads\">stated <\/a>that the company was engaging in \u201csystematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter\u2019s trade secrets and other intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Threats to Meta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lawyer for Twitter, Alex Spiro wrote in the letter, \u201cTwitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTwitter reserves all rights, including, but not limited to, the right to seek both civil remedies and injunctive relief without further notice to prevent any further retention, disclosure, or use of its intellectual property by Meta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hiring former Twitter employees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who \u201chad and continue to have access to Twitter\u2019s trade secrets and other highly confidential information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It further said that these employees had &#8220;improperly <a href=\"https:\/\/amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2023\/07\/06\/tech\/twitter-meta-threads-legal-threat\/index.html\">retained <\/a>Twitter documents and electronic devices\u201d and that Meta \u201cdeliberately\u201d involved them in developing Threads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meta&#8217;s reply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Stone, Meta\u2019s communications director, said that Twitter\u2019s accusations are baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee \u2014 that\u2019s just not a thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How this could go&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal threat may not make it to court but it could be a tactic to slow down Meta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond said, &#8220;Sometimes lawyers, they threaten but don\u2019t follow through. Or they see how far they can go. That may be the case, but I don\u2019t know that for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There may be some value to tying it up in litigation and complicating life for Meta.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter is threatening to sue Meta after the latter launched its new rival Threads, as it believes the app to be a \u201ccopycat\u201d. 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