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X Social Media is suing X, a social media company (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year 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

[–] chiliedogg 16 points 1 year 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.

[–] davidgro 2 points 1 year 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".

[–] NeoNachtwaechter 5 points 1 year 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] 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] jaybone 3 points 1 year ago

A worm with half an apple taken out of it.