Twitter's Rebrand To X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Thanks To Microsoft
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As soon as Twitter rebranded to X, the theories about whether the logo and branding might infringe other companies' trademarks began. Here's what we know
  • stanleytweedle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    521·
    1 year ago

    In about 48 hours Musk will ‘reveal’ the X rebranding freakshow was actually a ‘market test’ and they’ve gained ‘invaluable user data’ on what totally wasn’t another CEO tweet tantrum that some poor bastards had to try to translate into corporate policy.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      241·
      1 year ago

      That would be on brand for Musk, but I think he will stick with this one as it was his dream for a long time. After all he did buy back x.com domain from PayPal after he merged with PayPal back in the day.

    • dbilitatedEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      “this is too hard, I’ll just call the company ‘apple’ instead” - Elon, probably

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      It’s intentional. Whether it pans out, though, is another question. And of course there are better ways this could have been handled — like having a product to show first and then rebranding. But yeah, he was definitely driving towards it for a while now.

  • really@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Waiting to hear how this plays out. But I feel this will end up being a non issue.