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http://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules http://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules "Trademark: We reserve the right to rec
by jasonlotito 15y ago
http://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules http://support.twitter.com/articles/18311-the-twitter-rules
"Trademark: We reserve the right to reclaim user names on behalf of businesses or individuals that hold legal claim or trademark on those user names. Accounts using business names and/or logos to mislead others will be permanently suspended."
How they handled it might have sucked, but it was fairly clear what they would end up doing in situations like this.
- protomyth 15y agoExcept it doesn't look like they actually have a trademark. There actual name is a longer version of the username.
- cubicle67 15y agoexcept that Twitter has a global namespace, and trademarks are what, national? Say, as an example, I own Tim's Bike Shop in Australia, and have @timsbikeshop on Twitter. What happens if there's a US Tim's Bike Shop that decides it wants that Twitter id? To me, both have the same 'right' (I use quotes because it's obviously not a right) to the id, but I win because I was in first. Does Twitter assume because the second claimant is legit the first is not?