Sunday, November 24, 2024

Elon Musk Changes Twitter Name to X, But Microsoft Owns An X Trademark for All Computer Related Items That Could Be a Problem

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This should be interesting.

Turns out Microsoft owns the trademark for “X” for everything related to computers, etc. including all the items stated below.

X is the name Elon Musk has changed Twitter to. Did no one tell him?

Microsoft’s X is stylized in a different way than Musk’s. But it may not be sufficiently different. Musk’s X is white on black. which may get him off the hook since Microsoft’s X is described as ” consists of a stylized letter “X”. The left side of the “X” is white and the right side of the “X” is blue. The shaded square carrier represents background only and is not a part of the mark.”

Musk traded in his beautiful blue bird for this nonsense. Microsoft could immediately start its own Twitter like platform and use this logo.

Below are all the things the X trademark covers:

“Computer software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, movies and animations; application programming interface (API) software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, movies and animations; computer software for sending, receiving and organizing electronic mail, messaging, enabling internet chat and social networking; computer software for purchasing and subscribing to digital media content; computer software development tools; computer software for developing and publishing applications for interactive streaming; software development kits (SDK’s) for developing software for broadcasting, transmitting, receiving, accessing, viewing, uploading, downloading, sharing, integrating, encoding, decoding, displaying, formatting, organizing, storing, caching, transferring and streaming of data, text, games, game content, digital media, images, music, audio, video, movies and animations; computer software that enables users to designate specific content for future viewing; computer software for management and storage of digital media; computer software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases; software for filtering internet searches; audio recordings featuring music; video recordings featuring music, video games, movies and animations; computer software that allows gamers to live broadcast their games from a gaming console, or to watch games being played by others”

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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