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Can I implement a feature like hashtagging on my own website? - ducky - 10-12-2012 07:59 AM
I have a feature on my website that allows show messages to be broadcast to other users. I want to implement a trending feature like twitter using the hash tag. Would this be a violation of twitters trademarks?
It would seem odd to me if it was because there is a very limited number of characters available to implement this sort of feature.
- ron_mexico - 10-12-2012 08:07 AM
Hashtags have existed as long as the Internet (see, e.g., IRC). Twitter does not have trademark rights with respect to hashtags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag