How Two Tweets Cost Elon Musk the Twitter Logo
Chief Judge Colm Connolly said two 2023 Musk posts showed X abandoned the marks, while the company kept the Twitter name.
- Chief Judge Colm Connolly ruled on September 3 that X retains the TWITTER name while forfeiting rights to the TWEET mark and Bird logo in a trademark dispute.
- Elon Musk's July 2023 posts declaring X would "bid adieu" to the brand provided evidence that the company intended to abandon the marks, according to Connolly's ruling.
- Bluebird, which filed for the trademarks in December 2025, successfully challenged X's claims by demonstrating the company provided only 12 pages of evidence of continued usage.
- The injunction on the TWITTER name takes effect only after X posts a $500,000 bond, leaving the mark frozen for at least 14 months during proceedings.
- Bluebird projected ten million users in its first year, though the company and Bluebird have yet to schedule a trial set for November 2027.
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Musk's own posts cost X the Twitter bird logo
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