Early pinch for Twitter to change to “X”?　Microsoft and others have already registered “X” as a trademark

Last Updated on 07/26/2023 by てんしょく飯

As the social networking giant Twitter begins to roll out its new “X” brand, it has been pointed out that many other companies, including Microsoft, have registered the letter “X” as a trademark.

　According to Reuters, the letter “X” is widely used as a trademark in the United States.

Microsoft and other companies such as Meta, which launched “Threads” in response to Twitter, have also registered the “X” as a trademark.

According to a lawyer familiar with trademarks in the U.S., the two companies are unlikely to sue the former Twitter unless their brand value is threatened.

However, there are nearly 900 trademark registrations for the letter “X” in various industries, and “there is a 100% chance that someone will sue us over this,” he said.