I am not a lawyer, but everything I have read about this makes the
below impossible. If you have a trademark on a name, you MUST protect
it. Failure to protect it, results in loss of the mark.
The quote below, clearly states that Twitter is not going to protect
this mark. That being the case, they will lose the mark, making the
filing and costs associated with it a complete waste.
The statement below very well may invalidate the mark entirely.
On Aug 12, 2009, at 2:52 AM, Rich wrote:
I'm not aware of this but this link http://blog.twitter.com/2009/07/may-tweets-be-with-you.html
,
published only last month says
"We have applied to trademark Tweet because it is clearly attached to
Twitter from a brand perspective but we have no intention of "going
after" the wonderful applications and services that use the word in
their name when associated with Twitter. In fact, we encourage the use
of the word Tweet."
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