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If he had the trademark then, he wouldn't have it 20 years later without having used and defended it in the intervening time.


I don't know how that works though. What if it just dies on the grapevine and no one uses it for 2 decades? AFAIK It got merged into Paypal then was mostly just killed off as a functional trademark


Meta, Microsoft Apple and Google have all used X for one thing or another. Most recently an X trademark in the context of social media was bought by Meta from Microsoft when they acquired Mixer, which became Facebook Gaming.


Plot twist: PayPal will sue them now for using their IP from 20 years ago




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