Twitter.now Renamed Tweet.app After Court Ruling Favors X on Twitter Mark
The split ruling lets X keep the Twitter name while freeing tweet and the blue bird logo, prompting the startup to pivot mid-rollout.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
A Delaware federal court ruled X likely still holds trademark rights to the name Twitter, but that it likely abandoned the tweet mark and blue bird logo. Startup Operation Bluebird, which launched Twitter.now last week, has already renamed the service Tweet.app and continues public rollout.
Operation Bluebird co-founder Steven Coates, a former Twitter trademark lawyer, framed the outcome as partial: X kept the word X, but lost claim to the blue bird and tweet. He argued tweet survived because people kept using it.
The startup's stated mission is to pick up what Musk discarded when renaming Twitter to X, though the ruling notes its messaging puts more weight on acquiring the valuable Twitter trademark than on reviving the old service.
Handle reservations on the renamed Tweet.app cost $20, and the company says more than 172,000 people applied before launch. The court's decision is preliminary; final trademark rights remain under review.
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- GameBusiness.jp 新SNS「Twitter.now」が「Tweet.app」に改名。商標権めぐる暫定判決でXに有利な判定