Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo
Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.
Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.
The short version
- On Thursday, Elon Musk’s X won a court order blocking Operation Bluebird from launching a new app taking over the Twitter name .
- In his opinion , Chief Judge Colm Connolly explained that Operation Bluebird was unlikely to prove that X had entirely abandoned the Twitter name.
- Therefore, X was likely to succeed on trademark infringement and dilution claims tied to the platform’s former name.
What happened
Most compellingly, X argued that it still uses the Twitter name in the current listing for the X app in Apple’s App Store. “By virtue of the parenthetical, the listing is telling customers that what they knew as Twitter is now X and can be accessed by downloading the X app from the Apple App Store,” Connolly said.
Why it matters
It may also strengthen X’s case that twitter.com redirects to x.com, but Connolly did not yet have to weigh that question.
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