Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark
Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark
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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Aside from Microsoft and apparently Facebook, there's also X the classic Unix display protocol, aka X11.
104 0 ReplyAlso X, the rapper, who’s “gonna give it to yuh.”
32 0 ReplyRIP
16 0 ReplyDid he die?
6 0 ReplyCouple years ago, yeah. Damn time flies.
9 0 ReplyDMX? in 2021 he died
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Well technically he went by DMX, but hes dead now so its moot anyway.
Also Xzibit lol
6 0 ReplyYo dawg, we heard you like X...
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Also X, the band from Los Angeles.
4 0 ReplyAlso The XX, which is at least 2.times better than
twitterX4 0 Reply
There’s also Apple’s OS X, which was recently renamed to macos but which might have some remaining legal basis.
11 0 ReplyAlso X (video game series).
10 0 ReplyAlso vin diesel might be chiming in
4 0 ReplyDoctor X ... will build a creature ...
3 0 Reply
And who’s logo, which predates Twitters, is strikingly similar.
3 0 ReplyAlphabet also has X , the “moonshot factory”
1 0 ReplyMr. Musk? I've got one Fox Mulder here, he's here about some, um, files?
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