@mastermind@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org • 1 year agoRIP Twitter’s iconic bird logowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down10cross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
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minus-squareRealtrainlinkfedilink51•1 year agoAnd not even as a genericized term. (Google and Xerox HATE that they’re used as verbs.) “Tweet” is only ever used to describe posting to Twitter. It’s a very unique position that’s about as ideal as it gets for a company brand.
minus-square@ConsciousCode@beehaw.orglinkfedilink4•1 year agoYou can lose your trademark if your name becomes generic
And not even as a genericized term. (Google and Xerox HATE that they’re used as verbs.)
“Tweet” is only ever used to describe posting to Twitter. It’s a very unique position that’s about as ideal as it gets for a company brand.
You can lose your trademark if your name becomes generic