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I just saw another headline that says Microsoft has it?

Microsoft has it for Xbox, so it would be difficult to apply here.

Meta has it for a social media and I stant messaging app…

If they don’t challenge this, they’re basically giving it away for free. So they pretty much have to challenge

@fubo@lemmy.world
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Lots of big companies register lots of really dumb trademarks, even for things that they don’t end up producing. Most of them would be thrown out in court.

Hextic
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ActiveX

directX

Xbox (series X)

Any more?

RickRussell_CA
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Well, throw it in the closet with the electric guitar, the karate suit, the Boring Company, and that crazy vacuum train thing. Just another one of Musk’s dumb ideas that never got anywhere.

@Strangle@lemmy.world
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Can he just change it to “X-Treme”? And use X for short?

Or does Mountain Dew have that one too?

@pixelvolt@lemmy.world
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Idk if he did this rebranding shit just to get revenge on the Zuck

ipodjockey
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Ahahahahhahahaaahahaaaaaaa… sobs in poor

Didn’t Xfinity recently rebrand itself to use just an X for most things, too?

I’m beginning to question this guy’s decision making skills /s

Javish
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😂😂😂😂 How perfect.

@gotnuffin@lemmy.world
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Explains a lot.

@Prater@lemmy.world
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I hope I’m not alone in finding it utterly ridiculous that a company can literally hold rights over a single letter.

Javish
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😂😂😂😂 How perfect.

@iamthatis@lemmy.world
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Moron doing moron things. Not surprising

@Dark_Blade@lemmy.world
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Kinda did a double-take when I saw your name lol

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