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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] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except their logo wasn't stolen.

X is using a standard Unicode symbol.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is something like a unicode symbol even valid as a trademark?

[–] ilinamorato 18 points 1 year ago

Probably not protectable, no. It has to be in use in commerce and distinctive. That said, with enough money you can buy enough lawyers to warp reality, so who knows.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

𝕏 (U+1D54F) and/or 𝕩 (U+1D569)

If you search blackboard bold or double-struck letters you can find more.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So basically musk is so cheap (and toxic) he can't even convince any graphic designers to work for him.

Lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

𝕏 is a Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X."

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