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Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X” (tsdr.uspto.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How crazy it is that it's possible to trademark a single letter of the alphabet

[–] MonkeyKhan 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Only for specific contexts as I understand it, in Microsoft's case revolving around online multiplayer games and chat services it seems (look under Goods and Services tab)

[–] remotelove 1 points 1 year ago

Chat services. Nice.