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Storksforlegs to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark

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Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark

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Storksforlegs to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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There's another big problem with Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand: Microsoft owns the trademark to the title "X." In a word: lol.
  • pruwyben
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    82•2 years ago

    This raises the question, why was a company allowed to trademark a letter?

    • @[email protected]
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      36•2 years ago

      You can’t trademark a letter. Trademarks are extremely narrow and are only meant to apply in circumstances where one organization’s symbol could be confused for another. In general I am very anti-intellectual-property, but trademarks are okay in my book. They are basically for consumer protection.

    • Neighborhood Nerd 
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      7•2 years ago

      @pruwybn @storksforlegs In the future, everytime you use the letter X, even to text, you will be charged a fee of x amount of cents based on your income.

      • @[email protected]
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        5•2 years ago

        Will you be charged a fee for using the letter as a variable in that statement?

    • Andres Jalinton
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      @pruwybn @storksforlegs
      Because *money*

    • @[email protected]
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      5•2 years ago

      Eh. If I start my X Laundromat business, Microsoft won’t come after me.

    • @[email protected]
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      13•2 years ago

      It is context sensitive

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