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Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark

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Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark

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There's another big problem with Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand: Microsoft owns the trademark to the title "X." In a word: lol.

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  Also X, the rapper, who’s “gonna give it to yuh.”
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    RIP
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      Did he die?
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        Couple years ago, yeah. Damn time flies.
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        DMX? in 2021 he died
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    Well technically he went by DMX, but hes dead now so its moot anyway.
    
    Also Xzibit lol
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      Yo dawg, we heard you like X…
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    Also X, the band from Los Angeles.
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      Also The XX, which is at least 2.times better than~~twitter~~ X
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  There’s also Apple’s OS X, which was recently renamed to macos but which might have some remaining legal basis.
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  Also X (video game series).
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  Also vin diesel might be chiming in
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    Doctor X … will build a creature …
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  And who’s logo, which predates Twitters, is strikingly similar.
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  Alphabet also has X , the “moonshot factory”
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    Mr. Musk? I’ve got one Fox Mulder here, he’s here about some, um, files?

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