Sorry, No Tweet For You!!!
By Heather Faucher | Posted on September 10, 2009 | Filed Under Trademarks
Photo: The Inquisitr
So social networking and micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter recently tried to trademark the word “tweet,” the term that many who Twitter use to describe their short, 140-character posts. According to a blog post at the Twitter website, the company decided to apply for the trademark because “it is clearly attached to Twitter from a brand perspective”. An interesting claim, since it seems pretty well-established that Twitter users were actually the first to coin the term, rather than the company itself.
I use the term “tried” because the USPTO has preliminarily denied the trademark application. I guess that Internet-using bird-lovers everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief now! The USPTO remarked in its rejection that: “marks in prior-filed pending applications may present a bar to registration of applicant’s mark. [...] If the marks in the referenced applications register, applicant’s mark may be refused registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion between the two marks” and went on to reference not one, not two, but three separate trademark applications: Read more
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