He thinks that lawsuits are great publicity. Plus he apparently has some sort of psychological defiance disorder, so he would love to say “oh yeah? Make me!”
Microsoft and Meta both own trademarks on the letter X. Trademarks are always context-sensitive, meaning multiple entities can trademark the same sequence of letters in different contexts.
Microsoft, not Meta, owns the trademark, iirc.
Meta owns the trademark specifically for use with social media, which they bought from Microsoft, by my understanding.
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I have to wonder whether Musk knew Meta had the trademark, and intentionally used it in order to rile them up.
… Nah, that would require actual planning on his part.
He thinks that lawsuits are great publicity. Plus he apparently has some sort of psychological defiance disorder, so he would love to say “oh yeah? Make me!”
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was just some billionaire schoolyard bully shit.
Microsoft and Meta both own trademarks on the letter X. Trademarks are always context-sensitive, meaning multiple entities can trademark the same sequence of letters in different contexts.