A Company Called META Is Suing Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta For Identity Theft

A company that is also called META is suing Meta, which was formerly known as Facebook. 

Meta is in some legal drama again. On Tuesday, an installation-art company named META announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. The small business, which has had the name for 12 years, is suing the company for allegedly taking its name, mark and identity, PC Mag reports. 

“Meta has spent 12 years supporting, developing, and protecting the creator community, creators’ rights, and ironically, creators’ intellectual property. Facebook’s actions, illegally usurping our name and mark, have not only put our business in jeopardy, but that of the entire industry and the intellectual property rights of the innovators that have helped build it,” said Justin Bolognino, Meta’s Founder and CEO in a blog post on the company’s site. 

“Since Facebook’s name change in late 2021, Meta has made good faith efforts to resolve this situation, but for eight months Facebook has refused to accept responsibility for its unlawful actions, leaving us no choice but to proceed with litigation,” Bolognino continued.

The company claims Zuckerberg’s Meta willfully violated META’s trademark rights and engaging in egregious acts of unfair competition,” adding the company “is now infected by the toxicity that is inextricably linked with Facebook.”