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Yes, because a company like Slack lacks the resources to implement a frontend that posts updates in multiple places... Joking aside, I'm a bit shocked that X i

by mihaic 3y ago

Yes, because a company like Slack lacks the resources to implement a frontend that posts updates in multiple places... Joking aside, I'm a bit shocked that X is being used for Twitter, and we just have to go along with this. I can't understand how a letter is allowed to be a trademark. It feels wrong like allowing a company to call themselves The University or The Army. Strangely, I'm not sure why Sting's old band doesn't iritate me with it name.

seydor 3y ago
What happened to twitter's trademark ?
- jbverschoor 3y ago
  Sylvester finally ate the bird.
  - _ahxg 3y ago
    Finally, well deserved. Now just waiting for Wile E. Coyote and Tom.
yellow_lead 3y ago
Anyone can use such a name and maybe even get a trademark filed, but my understanding (IANAL) is that defending their trademark (i.e in court) will be much more difficult. Just a quick search on USPTO.org shows a ton of "X" trademarks and some even relating to social media that aren't Twitter's.
- sshine 3y ago
  My cat Xerxes was found to violate this trademark on multiple occasions.
- mihaic 3y ago
  Sure, anyone can use any name, but should they? For instance there have to be some limitations on calling yourself General Hospital unless you actually have a medical license.
  - dannyw 3y ago
    There are other laws around how you can use names. For example, only companies with a banking license can be called a bank. That's why many holding companies are called Bancorp. It's intentional that trademark registration is reasonably easy, but enforcement is more thorough. When (say) 99% of trademarks are not contested, this saves the government agencies substantial resources. Think of it like a software optimisation where edge servers cache files when they are requested for the first time, but not proactively when 99% of files are not requested.
  - gnuj3 3y ago
    Sure but X doesn’t indicate it being a hospital or any other institution that would have people confused. Its just a letter.
    - mihaic 3y ago
      To me, a random letter is pretty confusing, but it seems I might be in the minority.
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mensetmanusman 3y ago
We live in a funny timeline. The existing legal system forcing a sale towards the eventual death of twitter is quite hilarious. Nothing of value was lost; the existing value will be absorbed by other tech companies.
- ethanbond 3y ago
  Shoulda done it in one of those legal systems where signatures on contracts aren’t contractually binding
mcintyre1994 3y ago
> Yes, because a company like Slack lacks the resources to implement a frontend that posts updates in multiple places Twitter killed their free API and apparently their replacement doesn't work properly[0]. Probably not worth trying to work around it for Slack any more. [0] https://mashable.com/article/twitter-api-elon-musk-developer-issues-apps https://mashable.com/article/twitter-api-elon-musk-developer...
JohnFen 3y ago
> and we just have to go along with this We don't, really. I'll keep calling it Twitter.

by mihaic 3y ago

seydor 3y ago

What happened to twitter's trademark ?

jbverschoor 3y ago
Sylvester finally ate the bird.
- _ahxg 3y ago
  Finally, well deserved. Now just waiting for Wile E. Coyote and Tom.

yellow_lead 3y ago

Anyone can use such a name and maybe even get a trademark filed, but my understanding (IANAL) is that defending their trademark (i.e in court) will be much more difficult. Just a quick search on USPTO.org shows a ton of "X" trademarks and some even relating to social media that aren't Twitter's.

sshine 3y ago
My cat Xerxes was found to violate this trademark on multiple occasions.
mihaic 3y ago
Sure, anyone can use any name, but should they? For instance there have to be some limitations on calling yourself General Hospital unless you actually have a medical license.
- dannyw 3y ago
  There are other laws around how you can use names. For example, only companies with a banking license can be called a bank. That's why many holding companies are called Bancorp. It's intentional that trademark registration is reasonably easy, but enforcement is more thorough. When (say) 99% of trademarks are not contested, this saves the government agencies substantial resources. Think of it like a software optimisation where edge servers cache files when they are requested for the first time, but not proactively when 99% of files are not requested.
- gnuj3 3y ago
  Sure but X doesn’t indicate it being a hospital or any other institution that would have people confused. Its just a letter.
  - mihaic 3y ago
    To me, a random letter is pretty confusing, but it seems I might be in the minority.

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mensetmanusman 3y ago

We live in a funny timeline. The existing legal system forcing a sale towards the eventual death of twitter is quite hilarious. Nothing of value was lost; the existing value will be absorbed by other tech companies.

ethanbond 3y ago
Shoulda done it in one of those legal systems where signatures on contracts aren’t contractually binding

mcintyre1994 3y ago

> Yes, because a company like Slack lacks the resources to implement a frontend that posts updates in multiple places Twitter killed their free API and apparently their replacement doesn't work properly[0]. Probably not worth trying to work around it for Slack any more. [0] https://mashable.com/article/twitter-api-elon-musk-developer-issues-apps https://mashable.com/article/twitter-api-elon-musk-developer...

JohnFen 3y ago

> and we just have to go along with this We don't, really. I'll keep calling it Twitter.