Despite changing its name and using decidedly bird-free branding, techcrunch Report. The XAI-owned social media platform has updated its terms of service to include references to Twitter after previously only mentioning X, and has attempted to counter a startup’s petition to cancel the company’s Twitter trademark with its own petition.
It appears that the startup’s first step in that process was to file a petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office to revoke X’s control over Twitter’s trademark.
“The Twitter and Tweet brands have been removed from X Corp’s products, services and marketing, effectively abandoning the old brand, and there is no intention to resume using this brand,” Operation Bluebird explained in the petition. “Petitioner seeks to use and register the TWITTER and TWEET brands for new products and services, including a social media platform that will be located on the website. twitter.new,
In fairness to Operation Bluebird, Elon Musk was very open about his plans to abandon the Twitter name and bird logo after acquiring the company in 2022. “And soon we’ll say goodbye to the Twitter brand and, slowly, all the birds,” Musk posted in July 2022. Twitter.com still redirects x.com,
Updated Terms of Service techcrunch Now sees that through January 16, 2025, “Nothing in the Terms gives you the right to use the The company’s countersuit also reiterates that the Twitter trademarks are the “exclusive property” of X.
Engadget has contacted Operation Bluebird for a response to X’s petition. We will update this article if we get any response.
At the time of writing, Operation Bluebird has convinced more than 145,200 people to claim a handle on the company’s new social platform. Maybe
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