A lawsuit was filed against the startup of artificial intelligence due to the violation of alleged brands
ConfusionAI, which is supported by AI, was prosecuted in the Federal Court, for its violation of another company’s trademark.
in The complaint is submitted on Thursday At the California Northern Provincial Court, lawyers who represent a company called Perplexity Sols Solptions are accused by the confusion of violation of its commercial rights using the “confused” brand.
Perplexity Solveds, which is Plano, which was established in 2017, has applied for registration The brand is confused With the US Patent and brands office (USPTO) in October 2021, according to the complaint.
The solutions that were solved in confusion primarily sell the human resource cooperation program and the workplace, including a unified information panel for human resource analyzes and the video conference tool called Perplexity Meet. The company obtained a brand registration by November 2022 and began promoting products on its website, Perplexityonline.com, a field recorded in 2021.
Al -Hirah and the lawyer of the solutions that were resolved in confusion did not respond as of the time of the press. Techcrunch will update the article if any of the two sides are hanging.
Texas claims that the confusion of the start of artificial intelligence began to violate its brand “or about” August 2022 to promote the search engine that works in Amnesty International. In the previous month – July 2022 – Al -Hirah recorded the confusion.
“the [Perplexity] The website currently in the name of the violating field is prominently confused [trademark]”Read the complaint,”[and] The violating goods and services are very similar to those of confusion [Solved Solutions] A similar customer base. For example, confusion [Solved Solutions’] “Meet -meet” and “confusing spaces” for the defendant are software platforms that facilitate communication and cooperation between colleagues in companies and other institutions. “
Perfume spaces, which are based in Amnesty International, based in San Francisco It was launched for institution customers In October, centers are located with AI assistant and customizable connectors to the platforms, applications and systems of third party files.
The complaint claims that confusion “saturating the market” with its violating commercial brand, including marketing through various social media accounts. AI Startup refused to buy a confusion in September 2023 when submitted, according to the complaint, and instead she chose to submit its USPTO trade brand, which is still hanging.
According to the complaint, the confusion did not comply with the stopping of the pause and stopping from the lawyer of confusion, and the suspended brand’s request was not withdrawn – despite the efforts made to approve the request before the trial council and the United States of America.
Lawyers of solutions that have been confused says that the use of confusion for her brand is likely to cultivate confusion.
“In fact, based on information and belief, consumers have already been confused,” the complaint says. “For example, on many occasions, social media users have” confusing “in their participation about the defendant’s goods and services.”
The complaint claims that the behavior of confusion violates the laws, including the law of Lahnham – the American federal law that regulates unfair brands and competition. Among other legal relief forms, the solutions to confusion seeks to ban confusion from using its brand, as well as the “Perplexity AI” brand, pay damage, and convert ownership of any areas that include the brand of confusion.
It is the latest headache of the courtroom for confusion, and it is currently Fight a lawsuit It was presented by News Corp’s Download and The NY Post about what the prosecutors describe as “Kleptocrate content”. Many other news sites have Expresses fears This confusion repeats its content closely – last October, the New York Times sender Starting the stop and stopping letter.
