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The question for Twitter Inc, with their “tweet” mark filing is – Does their mark distinguish their goods and services from all others within the Social networking and microblogging service sphere?

Are there already [goods or] services from third parties which exist prior to the filing date? And what is the relationship of those third parties to Twitter Inc. and its services?

It is worth bearing in mind that the registration of a mark simply serves to publicly document use from a given time. Concentrating too much on a “piece of paper” to grant rights allows the unscrupulous an opportunity to try and avail themselves of others property simply by securing the necessary “piece of paper”.

What is more important is whether the underlying product or service is being infringed.