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Re:Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F) by samwillis on Monday July 24, 2023 @08:44AM (#36847087)
Apple and windows are trademarks for software. You would be unable to get the trademark "Apple" for a company selling fruit, or "windows" for a window fitter, and neither could Apple or Microsoft.

𝕏 is a pre-existing symbol used by, and part of a standard character set for, software. You could probably get a trademark on it for a company selling apples, but I highly doubt you could for a software company.

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Re:Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F) by bawolff on Monday July 24, 2023 @08:52AM (#36847187)
> 𝕏 is a pre-existing symbol used by

"used by" is pretty debatable. Its a fairly obscure character. I don't think being in unicode by itself is sufficient enough to count.

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Re:Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F) by _flux on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:45AM (#36848894)
There is also https://www.x.org/ which seems quite slow. I wonder if it's receiving more traffic than usually..
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