Skip Navigation

Linux @lemmy.ml

imgprojts @lemmy.ml

2y ago

Why is X.org not suing bird site X.com?

44 comments

The name X is not copyrightable as far as I know. There is a lot of stuff named X.
- Copyright is different to trademark. Any business name clash would be a trademark dispute
  
  Trademark only matters if there is possible confusion.
  
  The letter x on it's own is not a trademark AFAIK. The distinct style of letter X is what would be the trademark. Because X.com and X.org are two completely different orgs with different brand identities there wouldn't be a problem.
  
  The basic stylization looks pretty similar.
  
  In so far as they are both the letter X. Otherwise they share little similarities.
  
  They both have a bigger line and a smaller line.
  
  And one has a distinctive and large orange loop that clearly differentiates it.

44 comments