The X-box. X.org, the X files… and now, simply… X.
Folks really love the X letter for some reason.
It’s used a lot for spot-marking.
As amusing as it is to see Elon fail, letters like “X” shoud not be trademarkable. Just one indicator that we’re truly reaching capitalist extremism levels of insanity.
Trademarks only cover very significant uses. Microsoft can (and apparently did) trademark X in connection to the Xbox, so competitors can’t make a game console called an XStation or PlayStation X, but people not making video game consoles aren’t affected.
[Edit: Man, Lemmy is weird. I deleted this comment right after posting it because I thought it was redundant. I only undeleted it because I saw it was the top-rated comment in its sub-thread.]
Also, how the hell could Microsoft get a patent for X in 2003 when X has been around since 1984, and is pretty much a direct competitor? This makes no sense at all.
Trademarks can apply to different areas. In this case, Microsoft’s trademark is for services related to online chat and gaming, not for something like a window manager.
I love it when they fight
I recommend use “Ğ” what is unsellable letter
ğ ş ç ö ü 💅🏻
How about Ø? You don’t tweet, you Ø. I’d Ø.
That is fine too 👌
my keyboard just didn’t have that one.
Øhhhhh my
Turkish?
Yep :d
Aside from Microsoft and apparently Facebook, there’s also X the classic Unix display protocol, aka X11.
Also X, the rapper, who’s “gonna give it to yuh.”
Well technically he went by DMX, but hes dead now so its moot anyway.
Also Xzibit lol
Yo dawg, we heard you like X…
I want Musk to lose but I hate the idea of a single letter being copyright.
Trademark, not copyright. It means that you can’t make something and call it “X” if there’s any chance that your “X” and their “X” might get mixed up. Google ran into this same problem when they created “Alphabet” - it was already a trademark of some German car manufacturer (probably Audi or BMW), but the court ruled that “Alphabet the car company” and “Alphabet the online services company” are far enough apart that the average user probably won’t confuse one for the other (although the Dove soap and Dove chocolate makes me doubt it). Twitter and Microsoft both offer online services. It might be enough of an overlap to constitute a trademark violation.
Oh damn, is that why chocolates have been tasting so weird lately? Ig I’ve been eating soap!
i thought it was google tryin to copyright the alphabet
Pretty sure Google owns that.
How does both meta and microsoft own the rights to “X”
