• PatFusty
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    2811 months ago

    How does both meta and microsoft own the rights to “X”

    • @BiNonBi
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      11 months ago

      Trademarks are very narrow. From my quick search Microsoft has ‘X’ marks in relation to Excel and Xbox.

      Meta’s trademarks actually has the class, ‘Online social networking services,’ that will overlap with Twitter’s new name.

    • monsterpiece42
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      Probably in different industries. I saw the MS patent is for game related stuff. I would assume metas is for social media stuff, or some other field they’re involved in.

      • @lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        1211 months ago

        Trademark, not patent. I wouldn’t normally correct you but there seems to be a whole lot of misunderstanding in this thread about the categories of intellectual property.