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No, it's not important. It's just wrong, as clearly illustrated by the article we're all discussing. Microsoft applied for, and obtained, a trademark for "x".
by throwaway09223 3y ago
No, it's not important. It's just wrong, as clearly illustrated by the article we're all discussing.
Microsoft applied for, and obtained, a trademark for "x". Companies do this all the time. Companies also trademark numbers all the time. Dale Earnhardt trademarked the number "1": https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75439039&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75439039&caseType=SERIAL_...
Intel lost their trademark battle because they didn't attempt to register the trademark until the 486 - more than a decade after the numbers were in common use by other chip manufactures.
It has nothing to do with whether the mark is simple.
- nashashmi 3y agoAre you sure it is the letter and not the graphic that is trademarked?
- zimpenfish 3y agoIt does say "Standard Character Claim: No" which (as best I can tell from [1]) means it is the particular form of that letter[2], not the letter itself, which is trademarked. [1] https://smallbusiness.chron.com/standard-character-claim-mean-trademark-59226.html https://smallbusiness.chron.com/standard-character-claim-mea... [2] Although it is a pretty generic "1".
- TehCorwiz 3y agoThe specimen on that application are clearly more than just the numeral ‘1’. There’s obviously design there. This does not appear to be equivalent.