Ev WilliamsJan 28, 2023
How strong is Twitter’s trademark on “tweet”? Should be a generic term — he tweets, against his former interest, on Mastodon.
Show threadjewel, a fool
@ev what sort of trademark does twitter hold for the word "tweet"?
Jan 30, 2023 at 2:10amWeb
Show threadjewel, a foolJan 30, 2023
@ev Lmao USPTO.gov does show that twitter does have a live trademark for "subtweet" filed on Jan 2 2020
Show threadjewel, a foolJan 30, 2023
@ev Also tweetstorm. Not seeing one for plain tweet or tweets though, which makes sense to me since "tweet" as a verb or noun long predates the existence of Twitter