
DisturbanceVenture -backed Startup Building AI -powered search products, have been sued in a federal court for allegedly violating another company’s trademark.
A The complaint filed on Thursday In the US District Court for the northern district of California, lawyers representing a company called the Plaxisiti solution have accused the brand of “harassment” of violating the rights of its trademark.
A Plano based in Texas, a Plavo Solutions based in Texas, established in 2017, was applied to register The disturbing trademark According to the complaint, with the US Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) in October 2021.
The troubled solution is mainly sells HR and Workpress Cooperation Software, which includes a unified dashboard and a video conferencing tool for HR analytics that have a tool called plexity mats. The company obtained the registration of trademarks by November 2022 and started promoting products at its site, Plateau Online.com, which is a domain, which was registered by the solution -solving solution in 2021.
Press time was not answered to solve the problem of trouble and trouble. If the party has any comments, the tech crunch will update the article.
The Texas company has alleged that AI Startup Felixty launched its trademark in August 2022 to promote its AI -powered search engine. Earlier Month – July 2022 – Anxiety registered the domain discomfort.
“” [Perplexity] The website is currently located in a violation domain name [trademark]”The complaint is written in,”[and] Violating goods and services are very similar to the [Solved Solutions] And appeal to a similar customer base. For example, anxiety [Solved Solutions’] The ‘annoying mats’ and the defendant’s ‘harassment spaces’ are both software platforms that facilitate communication and cooperation between colleagues in business and other organizations.
Places of anxiety, which AI Startup based in San Francisco Launched for enterprise users In October, a customized AI assistant and third -party platforms, apps, and file system connectors.
The complaint alleges that the hassle has “sailed the market” with its violating branding, which includes marketing in various social media accounts. AI Startup refused to buy a trademark of hassle while offering in September 2023, according to a complaint, and instead chose to file for his trademark with the USPTO, which is now under Is postpone.
According to the complaint, the hassle did not comply with any closure and unanimous letter of the lawyer for the solution resolved, and despite the USPTO trial and efforts to oppose the petition before the appeal board, he The pending trademark request has not been withdrawn.
Lawyers on the solution to the problem of solutions say that the use of its trademark of trouble can be confused.
The complaint states that “in fact, on information and belief, consumers are already confused.” “For example, on numerous occasions, social media users have ‘tag’ in their posts about the defendant’s violations and services.”
The complaint alleges that the behavior of anxiety violates the rules, including the Lenham Act. Among other types of legal relief, the problem -soluble solution is trying to worry about using its trademark, as well as the trademark “annoying AI,” pays losses, and the transfer of ownership of any domains to which I include disturbing branding.
This is the latest room court headache for anxiety, which is currently Is fighting legal fodder What the News Corporation Dao Jones and the New York Post have described as “content clipotocracy”. There are many other news sites Expressed concerns This troubles closely copy their contents – last October, the New York Times Shipped Startup is a ceasefire and an unconstitutional letter.
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