I didn’t know a letter can be trademarked. If let’s say Xerox decides to get into the video game business, can Microsoft sue them for trademark infringement?
A trademark on "X" doesn't block using 'Xerox'
Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”
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#22Every time I have seen the logo I thought of X.org logo:
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#23According to this one: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_... , it seems to be Meta that owns the trademark for X, for about a zillion application domains; expand the "Goods and Services" expando and see for yourself. EDIT: The last one in the list is in regard to this domain: > Online social networking services; online social networking services, namely, facilitating social introductions or…
Aren’t Musk and the Zuck feuding right now? This is a hilarious setup.
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#24I didn’t know a letter can be trademarked. If let’s say Xerox decides to get into the video game business, can Microsoft sue them for trademark infringement?
Xerox is not "X". You may be interested in doing some research in this area what is trade markable and also the procedure. Even if the trademark is registered it can still be challenged. Other interesting things that can be trademarked include colours and sounds, even scents
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#25There's also X, the moonshot company (Google, Alphabet) https://x.company
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#26According to this one: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_... , it seems to be Meta that owns the trademark for X, for about a zillion application domains; expand the "Goods and Services" expando and see for yourself. EDIT: The last one in the list is in regard to this domain: > Online social networking services; online social networking services, namely, facilitating social introductions or…
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#27According to this one: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_... , it seems to be Meta that owns the trademark for X, for about a zillion application domains; expand the "Goods and Services" expando and see for yourself. EDIT: The last one in the list is in regard to this domain: > Online social networking services; online social networking services, namely, facilitating social introductions or…
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#28Every time I have seen the logo I thought of X.org logo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.Org_Foundation
They've been goofing on this on Mastodon.
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#29https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87980831&caseType=SERIAL_... ms sold this one to meta
This one is much more applicable to Musk's X: > Design and development of computer software; providing interactive websites featuring technology that enable online users to create personal profiles; providing online non-downloadable software and software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software, for transmitting and for receiving live streaming; providing online non-downloadable software and software as a serv…
Looks like Musk needs to invent a very creative way for circumvention...
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#30Twitter no doubt has a huge legal department that ran a trademark search and decided their use was permissible.