It’s rare for corporate brands to become so intertwined with everyday conversation that they become verbs. It’s rarer still for the owner of such a brand to announce plans to intentionally destroy it.
An estimated $4 to $20 billion in value, what is he thinking?
“Our logo is our most recognizable asset. That’s why we’re so protective of it.” -Twitter’s (Currently Outdated) Brand Toolkit Page
The best part is that because now it’s just Unicode 𝕏, the logo is public domain and it can be used by anyone in that exact shape in any context.
No matter how good are their patent lawyers, I don’t think they will succeed to trademark prior art designed by someone else
Also read that Microsoft is holding the trademark on ‘X’ because of DirectX, X-Box, etc…
I wonder how long until Elon pulls the “it’s just a joke bro”
Meta hold the trademark on X for social networking, I read. Maybe it will be in the prize pot for the cage fight?
Is it April already?