Tweet Trademarked? Not So Fast
Blogger Sam Johnston did some digging around the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and discovered documents indicating that Twitter’s attempt to trademark tweet was preliminarily denied, as three other companies with tweet in their names had already submitted similar applications.
The three companies, according to CNET, were: TweetMarks, which offers bookmarks for Twitter users; CoTweet, which helps businesses run marketing campaigns via Twitter; and TweetPhoto, which enables photo sharing via the social-media service.
On July 1, the same day the Patent Office sent its notification to Twitter that its application regarding tweet had been preliminarily rejected, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone used the company’s blog to attempt to clear up the confusion over the use of the words Twitter and tweet by third-party developers.
Stone’s July 1 post:
The ecosystem growing around Twitter is something we very much believe in nourishing and supporting.
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