If Meta Company didn’t own the rights and the trademark then FB and their lawyers wouldn’t have spent so much time making offers and hounding them. FB knew they

If Meta Company didn’t own the rights and the trademark then FB and their lawyers wouldn’t have spent so much time making offers and hounding them. FB knew they had to do stuff the legal way, and now are probably just hoping to bully their way in. There are laws in place. Also international trademark law. HN is very two-faced. If it was your beloved startup then you wouldn’t be very happy about the situation if it applied to you. Also, many startups operate in stealth mode while they build and get ready for launch. That could certainly mean they have their livelihood wrapped up in it, just like we often read about with other startups.