TikTok May Return To India As "TickTock"
- As per the latest report, TikTok’s parent company ByteDace has filed a trademark for the short-form video app with the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks. The report states that the trademark application for TikTok has been filed with the title “TickTock” dated July 6. There are speculations that TikTok might follow PUBG’s footsteps to relaunch the app in India with the new name.
- The application was first reported by tipster Mukul Sharma on Twitter. The trademark application has been filed under Class 42 of the Fourth Schedule to Trade Mark Rules, 2002 meant for “scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software.
- Parent company ByteDance hasn’t revealed any detail on the relaunch of TikTok as of yet. Several reports and rumors circulating on the internet suggest that the company is in early talks with the government of India. ByteDance was recently also assured to work to comply with the new IT rules.
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So yes, TickTock might very well be coming to India. ByteDance has filed the trademark for the same in the country.
— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) July 20, 2021
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