DeepSEEK may have a trademark problem in the United States

Chinese company AI has been Deepseek Charged on IP Theftconfronted Privacy inquiries in Europeand it was a target big cyber. Now, there is a new headache in the company’s hands: US trademark conflict.

Tuesday, DeepSeek presented an application The United States is looking for a trademark of AI chatBot applications, products and tools with Patent and Trading Brand Management (USPTO). But it was very late in a hair. Thirty-six hours ago, another The company had applied for the DeepSeek trademark: A Delaware-based company going by the name “Delson Group Inc”

Delson Group claims that since the beginning of 2020, the Delseek has sold dePseek-branded AI products. The company’s address is Cupertino and his Cupertino and his CEO and its CEO and its CEO and its founder as a person named Willie Lu.

Lu, the same university, the university, the University of Zhejiang, Deepseek founder Liang Wenfeng, Claims on LinkedIn profile Stanford and FCC consultant to be a “semi-retired” consulting professor. Lu seems to have spent most of his career in the wireless industry. Other Web Pages TechCrunch has been opened via the e-mail address specified in LU-nation lectures and training courses on wireless standards.

Lu also hosts “DeepSeek” training course in “AI Super-Intelligence” in “AI Super-Intelligence” in Las Vegas – this Connection in the website of the website of the Delson Group’s trademark. The website claims that ICT (information and communication technology) and AI fields are “about 30 years” experience. ”

When the trademark is reached for comments on the shipping email, Lu Techcrunch said he would like to “meet and talk” to Palo Alto or Saratog. (This correspondent is located in NYC.) Lu did not meet the demand of persecution.

Josh Gerben, a lawyer and the founder of the IP, a lawyer specializing in IP problems called Delson Group, a “trading brand dirt”. Trading brand Squatters registers trademarks with the intention of selling them for a gain for a gain in the success of a brand.

Indeed, LU, the brand has a history of bucket. Search for “Delson Group” The USPTO’s trading brand is a survey system, GSMA, TencFone and Tracfone, including wireless, including wireless.

As it can be, DeepSeek options are very limited at this node. According to the US Law, the first user of the brand is usually noted if the trademark is a fair owner, Gerbe, the brand is not registered in the bad faith.

“If DeepSeek can prove to have several advantages of a US company, if they are working in different aspects of the AI, they can provide a joint contact agreement. There are 2023 start-up history – (and) a live website that has been operating in AI, including 2023. “

Gerben said that Delson GROUP could sue the “reverse mess” due to the rapid increase in the fame of Deepseek or to sue DeepSeek to continue using brand name in the United States

“Deepseleek, this previous law owner – Delson Group may have a trademark problem in the United States, which may have previous law, and the previous law may have a very good case for violation of a trademark.

AI will not be the first time against trademark headlines.

Open GPT trademark failed Uspto, after the term managed to be very common, February last February. Openai over the past few months He was fighting too Technologist and entrepreneur’s rival to use the boy “Open AI”, the right to use “Open AI” in 2015 “Open AI” – Openai’s foundation the year.