DeepSeek might have a trademark problem in the U.S.

Chinese AI Agency has been dipsek IP accused of theftFace -to -face In search of privacy in EuropeAnd was a goal CyberTackThe Now, it appears that the company has a new headache in the hands of: a US trademark conflict.

Tuesday, DIPSEC Has filed an application The US Patent and the Trademark Office (USPTO) want to trademark its AI chatboat applications, products and equipment. However, it was too late hair. Thirty -six hours ago, Another Firm Trademark filed for “DEPSEC”: “Daleson Group Inc.”. A Delaware-based company is running in the name

Dilson Group has said in a series that it has been selling DIPSK-branded AI products since the beginning of 2021. In this application, the company listed its address as Caportino’s house and its CEO and founder as a person named Willie Lu.

Lu, who coincidentally graduated from Liang Wenfeng, Founder of DIPC from the same university, from the University of Zhejiang, Claim to its LinkedIn profile To be a “semi-non-adopted” consultant professor and FCC adviser to Stanford. Lu seems to have spent most of his career in the wireless industry. Another Web pages The TechCrunch has been unveiled through the email address listed in the trademark filing, mentioning Lu’s lecture and training courses in wireless standards.

Lu Las Vegas also hosted a “DEPSEC” educational course, starting from the “AI Super-Intelligence”, $ 800 ticket — which is highly featured in it Dilson Group’s Trademark Filling WebsiteThe The website claims that ICT has the “about 30 years” skill in the ICT [information and communications technology] And AI field. ”

Upon arriving at the comment of the trademark filing email, Lu told TechCrunch that he would “see and talk” to Palo Alto or Saratoga. (This reporter is NYC based.) Lu does not respond to any follow-up request.

Josh Garbane, a Attorney and Garben IP founder, has called Daleson Group a “Trademark Squator”, expert on the IP issue. Trademark Squators register with the intention of selling trademarks for any profit – or the brand success.

In fact, Lu seems to have a history of trademark squaiting. A search for “Dilson Group” There have been more than two dozen disputes between LUs and companies, including GSMA, tensent and trackphone wireless in the USPTO trademark trial and appeal board Inquiry system.

As it may be, the dipsic options are quite limited at the moment. Under the US law, Garbane, the owner of the trademark usually mentioned the first user of the trademark, could not be proven that the trademark was registered in bad faith.

Garbane said, “Although DEPSEC may probably seek a coexist agreement if they can prove that they can handle different areas of AI than the Daleson group, there are several benefits to the US company,” said Garben. “They first filed, they claimed that previous use – 2020 vs. DEPSEC demanded 2023 start date – [and] They have a live website showing AI-related activities including training events. “

Garbane said that Daleson Group may even be able to claim “the opposite confusion” because of the rapid rise in DEPSEC, or to prevent DEPSEC in preventing DEPSEC from using its brand name in the United States

Garbane said, “Dipsic in the United States can actually have a trademark problem where this previous authority – Daleson group – and that previous rights holder may have a very good case for trademark violations,” said Garben.

It will not run against the headwinds of the Trademark for the first time.

Open “GPT” fails to trademark Last February, the USPT also ruled that the word was very generic. Opena over the past several months Have also been fighting Technician and entrepreneur Guy Revain is for the right to use “Open AI”, which Ravine claims that he took the “Open Source” AI Vision around 20 – the founding year of the Open.