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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
by 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 agoMy cat Xerxes was found to violate this trademark on multiple occasions.
- mihaic 3y agoSure, 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 agoThere 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 agoSure but X doesn’t indicate it being a hospital or any other institution that would have people confused. Its just a letter.
- mihaic 3y agoTo me, a random letter is pretty confusing, but it seems I might be in the minority.