Meta defeats trademark lawsuit over infinity-symbol logo - Reuters

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc connected Thursday bushed backmost a trademark suit by blockchain nonprofit Dfinity Foundation, which had accused the institution formerly known arsenic Facebook of ripping disconnected its infinity-symbol logo.

A San Francisco national tribunal dismissed Dfinity's case, uncovering Meta's logo was not apt to origin user disorder with Dfinity's logo fixed differences successful their designs and people audiences.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer gave Dfinity support to amend its lawsuit. Representatives for Meta and Dfinity did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected the ruling.

Switzerland-based Dfinity's Internet Computer is an "infinite" nationalist blockchain web designed to big astute contracts. It owns national trademarks for 2 infinity-symbol logos: 1 for a "rainbow" logo with respective colors and different for a logo with its sanction underneath successful nary peculiar color.

Facebook Inc rebranded arsenic Meta past October to bespeak its caller absorption connected the virtual-reality metaverse. Meta has described its caller logo arsenic a "continuous loop" that resembles some the missive 'M' and an infinity motion to symbolize "infinite horizons successful the metaverse."

Dfinity sued Meta for trademark infringement successful May, arguing the tech giant's logo was confusingly akin to its own. It besides said that a Meta enforcement successful an interior memo outlined plans for the institution to integrate blockchain technologies into its business, which would adhd to the likelihood of user confusion.

Breyer said Thursday that Dfinity had not shown it had really utilized its uncolored logo successful commerce and said its rainbow logo was not akin capable to Meta's to prolong the lawsuit.

The signifier of Meta's logo is antithetic from Dfinity's accepted infinity sign, and Meta's logo is astir often blue, dissimilar Dfinity's multicolored trademark, Breyer said.

Breyer besides noted that Dfinity's users are "tech-savvy developers."

"That these blase people, immersed successful the intricacies of the tech world, would beryllium duped by a logo, peculiarly 1 that is not akin successful cardinal respects, borders connected implausible," Breyer said.

Meta is inactive facing different trademark lawsuits from virtual-reality institution MetaX and concern steadfast Metacapital implicit its sanction change.

The lawsuit is Dfinity Foundation v. Meta Platforms Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, No. 3:22-cv-02632.

For Dfinity: Dennis Ellis of Ellis George Cipollone O'Brien Annaguey

For Meta: Bobby Ghajar of Cooley

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