On Digg there's some drama because someone registered the community “/wallstreetbets,” and the admins took it from him and gave it to one mod of the subreddit “r/wallstreetbets.”

One day later I see this discussion about how Reddit registered trademarks for some high-profile subreddits.

This could be relevant for the Threadiverse.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The trademark belonged to reddit not the person digg gave the community to. Reddit here is not involved but could sue digg foe using the trademark

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think you can get sued for using a trademark as long as your use doesn't confuse people into thinking you are the original.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Anybody can sue anyone for any reason. Doesn't mean they'll win. It depends on who is willing to spend the most money.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that ironic (don't you think)? To be saying that about Digg that came prior to Reddit! (Although I don't know about wallstreetbets in particular)

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

That's not ironic, people didn't confuse Reddit for Digg, it wasn't a even Digg clone nor did it pretend to be one.