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.

    • V H@lemmy.stad.social
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      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.

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      1 year ago

      Except their logo wasn’t stolen.

      X is using a standard Unicode symbol.

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

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

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          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.

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            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”.

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          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!