Twitter To Get 'Tweet' Trademark From Twittad

Twitter To Own The Word 'Tweet'

By Amir Efrati, Wall Street Journal

Twitter is closer to having dominion over the word "tweet."

On Monday, James Eliason, CEO of Twittad, said in an interview that Twitter would drop a lawsuit it filed against his company last month that sought to nix Twittad's registered trademark of the word "tweet." In return, Des Moines-based Twittad would transfer its registered trademark of "tweet" to Twitter, he said.

(People 'tweet' by posting a message of up to 140 characters on Twitter, an online messaging service.)

Twitter's battle over the "tweet" trademark was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article last month.

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