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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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News@lemmy.world • 1 year 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.

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This is my first thought. How does a company own a single letter? Why is this allowed?
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  What do you think is a reasonable cutoff for a trademark?
  
  5 letters? 3? 2?
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    A full word that you made up.
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