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X Social Media is suing X, a social media company (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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X Social Media is suing X, a social media company::Elon Musk’s X is being sued by a Florida company called X Social Media for alleged unfair competition and trademark violations that it says have resulted in lost revenue.

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[–] [email protected] 205 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I really want X.org to get some massive compensation for Elon's theft of their logo.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 years ago

Took this in London the other day.

It's too common a symbol for X.org to have much of a shot because they're not competitors. This "X Social Media" might have a stronger claim if they've actually used and defended a trademark specifically in the social space.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And give all the money to Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Except their logo wasn't stolen.

X is using a standard Unicode symbol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which one?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

𝕏 (U+1D54F) and/or 𝕩 (U+1D569)

If you search blackboard bold or double-struck letters you can find more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

So basically musk is so cheap (and toxic) he can't even convince any graphic designers to work for him.

Lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Its probably still too different for that, but I am not against them trying of course.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apple has successfully trademarked everything that remotely looks like an apple with a bite taken out - there's a good chance it'll work

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like how they make a deal with Apple Records in the 80s that allowed both companies to use similar logos so long as Apple Computers didn't sell music and Apple Records didn't sell computers.

Then when iTunes became Apple's #1 product in the 2000s Apple successfully defended itself in court claiming that digital downloads were just 1s and 0s, so Apple Computers never sold music.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Did it actually go to trial? The line I heard was that when developing the iPod/iTunes they simply had a budget item for "Settlement with Apple Records".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What is worse than an apple with a bite taken out and a worm in it?

An apple with a bite taken out and half a worm in it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

That joke contained an apple with a bite taken out of it, you can expect to hear from Apple's lawyers soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

A worm with half an apple taken out of it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

X.XXX

Whatever happened to all the buzz about the internet finally giving porn sites their own top-level domain.