A federal court decided that “Twitter” was off-limits, but tweet and the bird logo were fair game. The return of Twitter is getting even more complicated. Last week, a startup called Operation Bluebird preemptively launched a new social media platform under the name Twitter.now, while a judge was yet to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction due to trademark infringement.

Earlier this week, US District Judge Colm Connolly finally offered an initial ruling, which has led to the new platform rebranding to Tweet.app. According to the ruling, the judge said that using the.