In our news that we’ve been sharing with you for a while, the Twitter of billionaire businessman Elon Musk through rebrandingWe’re talking about trying to make X. Much progress has been made on this point so far. For example, if you log into Twitter today, you will see that the bird logo has disappeared. Even if you want to reach the “x.com” address, you can still do so You will be redirected to Twitter. Elon Musk even the hanging logo in Twitter headquarters struggling to dismantle.

But Elon Musk a very serious problem seems to face. So much so that the X brand has already been licensed by many companies, especially Microsoft and Meta. As such, Musk’s X legal It is said that you may have problems using it.

There are over 900 active “X” trademarks in the US alone.

Josh Gerben, a trademark attorney, researched this topic. The lawyer, who shared this research with the public, is only actively used in the US. More than 900 X brands said that. Gerben, “100% chance Twitter will be sued by someone over this issueThe lawyer, who also spoke about Meta and Microsoft’s X brands, told Elon Musk unless both companies threatened them. they will not sue He said he was thinking.

Microsoft’s official documents for the X brand were shared:

The photo above is from Microsoft since 2003 It reveals that he has the brand X. This trademark was acquired for the Xbox you can imagine. As meta in 2019 applied for the X mark for a Facebook service, and this application was approved in those years. There are at least 900 other X brands like this one.

So what happens to Elon Musk’s company if lawsuits are filed?

First of all; By law, a single letter cannot be from a person or institution. In fact, former football player Selcuk Inan told Samsung for its Galaxy S8 phone. sued and lost. Apart from that, it should be noted that trademark rights have different areas of use and the rights cover these areas.

Microsoft’s “X” mark for Xbox falls into the games category and has no conflict with Elon Musk’s X mark. However metaThe brand purchased by X falls into the social networking category, which means it falls into the same category as Elon Musk’s brand X. We’ll see if Musk faces any new lawsuits in the near future.