X files a countersuit and updates its Terms of Service to prohibit use of the ‘Twitter’ trademark

Social X has updated its Terms of Service to include the word ‘Twitter’ detailing that prohibits the use of said name without your consent while filed a counterclaim in which it claims to continue being the company that owns the ‘Twitter’ and ‘tweet’ registered trademarks, following Operation Bluebird’s intention to use this trademark for its social network.

As recently announced, the American startup that calls itself Operation Bluebird is working to launch a new social network under the name ‘Twitter.new’ and intends to put it into operation at the end of next year.

To this end, it formally requested the United States Patent and Trademark Office for cancellation of X Corporation’s ownership of the trademarks for the words ‘Twitter’ and ‘tweet’alleging that, after the purchase of the ‘microblogging’ platform by Elon Musk, said brands were abandoned when the name was changed and are currently not used.

Likewise, Operation Bluebird also filed a trademark application to adopt ‘Twitter’ before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, with this, be able to use it as a name on your social network.

However, now X has updated its Terms of Servicewith modifications that will come into force on January 15, 2026 and that clearly indicate that prohibits the use of the name ‘X’ or ‘Twitter’ without consent company express.

“Nothing in the Terms grants you the right to use the name X or the Twitter name, nor any of the trademarks, logos, domain namesother distinctive features of the brand or other proprietary rights of X or Twitter, and You may not do so without our express consent. in writing”, the platform has stated.

In this sense, it is worth knowing that, Before these modifications, the terms only referred to the name ‘X’ in this section. Therefore, the word ‘Twitter’ has now also been added to avoid initiatives such as Operation Bluebird.

COUNTERDEMAND FROM X

Along with this modification of its Terms of Service, X has also filed a counterclaim of his own which opposes Operation Bluebird’s requests, as reported by TechCrunch.

In this counterclaim, X Corp. specifically qualifies that they remain the exclusive owners of the ‘Twitter’ and ‘tweet’ trademarkswhich also include other related brand images such as the logo of the well-known blue bird.

“Defendant Bluebird is attempting blatantly stealing the world famous Twitter brand. Despite not having any rights and expressly recognizing that it is not the owner of the Twitter brands,” X denounces in the document presented.

Following this line, they denounce that the ‘startup’ intends to “bring back” Twitter by creating a social network with “the name, color scheme, business style and logo that consumers around the world associate with Twitter.

However, it must be taken into account that, after the purchase of Twitter by Elon Musk in 2022, the ‘microblogging’ social network was renamed X and became part of the company X Corp., also led by Musk. With this, the platform He left behind both his well-known name and the blue bird logo.