http://paidcontent.org/2011/10/11/419-twitter-avoids-tweet-defeat-gets-trademark/ The economics of digital content Fri, 24 May 2013 23:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2011/10/11/419-twitter-avoids-tweet-defeat-gets-trademark/#comment-85644 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:47:30 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/10/11/419-twitter-avoids-tweet-defeat-gets-trademark/#comment-85644 I would say no because the # symbol in and of itself is too common.  It is a symbol for pound, sharp in music, etc. However, it might be possible to trademark the # in combination with something else.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2011/10/11/419-twitter-avoids-tweet-defeat-gets-trademark/#comment-85643 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:57:06 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/10/11/419-twitter-avoids-tweet-defeat-gets-trademark/#comment-85643 Will Twitter try and trademark the “#”?  Already Twitter’s guidelines for use of tweets in broadcast media requires that the Twitter logo accompany the use of a hashtag: https://support.twitter.com/entries/114233.  Consumers are already using hashtags in non-Twitter services such as Facebook and LinkedIn, so there is no public perception that it is an exclusively Twitter mark.

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