Ethereum-based gaming community Xai has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Elon Musk’s synthetic intelligence firm xAI, accusing it of trademark infringement and unfair competitors.
The criticism, lodged within the Northern District of California on Thursday, claims Musk’s xAI firm has created widespread market confusion, damaging Xai’s model.
Ex Populus, the Delaware company behind Xai, mentioned it has used the XAI trademark in US commerce since June 2023, together with by means of its blockchain gaming ecosystem and the $XAI token. “This can be a basic case of trademark infringement that requires the Courtroom’s intervention to treatment,” the submitting mentioned.
Ex Populus operates the Xai ecosystem, which features a blockchain-powered community designed for video gaming and digital transactions, providing infrastructure to help recreation logic, AI-driven choices, rewards and knowledge administration throughout a number of functions, per the submitting.
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xAI gaming studio triggers additional confusion
The criticism alleges that confusion started after Musk introduced his firm, xAI, in July 2023 and deepened when he mentioned in November 2024 that xAI deliberate to launch a gaming studio.
The submitting states that “market confusion abounded as as to whether Defendants/Musk have been related to, owned, or sponsored Plaintiff’s XAI Trademark or the related items and companies.” It cited examples of customers, publications and even Musk’s AI assistant Grok incorrectly linking the 2 ventures.
Ex Populus argued that the reputational hurt goes past misplaced goodwill. The criticism says Xai has confronted “important unfavourable client sentiment” as a result of Musk’s polarizing public picture and controversies involving xAI merchandise.
“Plaintiff is just not solely being irreparably harmed by the lack of management over its hard-earned goodwill in its XAI Trademark… but additionally Plaintiff is broken as a result of the complicated affiliation with Elon Musk is leading to important unfavourable client sentiment,” the submitting notes.
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Musk’s crew pressured Xai over trademark rights
The submitting accuses Musk’s authorized crew of attempting to stress Ex Populus into relinquishing rights by threatening cancellation of its registration earlier this month.
The lawsuit additionally talked about that the US Patent and Trademark Workplace has already suspended a number of of Musk’s xAI trademark functions as a result of a probability of confusion with Xai’s present mark.
Ex Populus is looking for cancellation of xAI’s pending functions, damages for infringement, and a court docket order to stop Musk’s firm from utilizing the disputed identify in gaming and blockchain contexts. “There is no such thing as a treatment at legislation for the sheer magnitude of hurt Defendants have brought about,” the corporate advised the court docket.
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