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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 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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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

cross-posted to:
news@lemmy.world

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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I thought elon owns x.com?
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  Yup. Owned personally since 2017. It was his also around 2000, but he got kicked out and the domain was then owned by Paypal.

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